# ひっこす
## Japanese

* Alternative spellings
* 引っ越す 引越す 引っこす

### Etymology

Compound of 引き (hiki, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 引く (hiku)) +‎ 越す (kosu). The き becomes っ due to 促音便(そくおんびん) (sokuonbin).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひっこす [hìkkóꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [çi̥k̚ko̞sɨ]
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「引っ越す」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary :
| Stem forms ||||
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 引っ越す | ひっこす | [hìkkóꜜsù] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 引っ越せ | ひっこせ | [hìkkóꜜsè] |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 引っ越される | ひっこされる | [hìkkósáréꜜrù] |
| Causative | 引っ越させる | ひっこさせる | [hìkkósáséꜜrù] |
| Potential | 引っ越せる | ひっこせる | [hìkkóséꜜrù] |
| Volitional | 引っ越そう | ひっこそー | [hìkkósóꜜò] |
| Negative | 引っ越さない | ひっこさない | [hìkkósáꜜnàì] |
| Negative perfective | 引っ越さなかった | ひっこさなかった | [hìkkósáꜜnàkàttà] |
| Formal | 引っ越します | ひっこします | [hìkkóshímáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 引っ越した | ひっこした | [hìkkóꜜshìtà] |
| Conjunctive | 引っ越して | ひっこして | [hìkkóꜜshìtè] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 引っ越せば | ひっこせば | [hìkkóꜜsèbà] |

### Verb

ひっこす • (hikkosu) intransitive godan (stem ひっこし (hikkoshi), past ひっこした (hikkoshita))
* to move house, to change residence
    大(おお)阪(さか)から東(とう)京(きょう)へ引(ひ)っ越(こ)す
       Ōsaka kara Tōkyō e hikkosu
       to move from Osaka to Tokyo

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ひっこさ | hikkosa |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ひっこし | hikkoshi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ひっこす | hikkosu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ひっこす | hikkosu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ひっこせ | hikkose |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | ひっこせ | hikkose |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | ひっこされる | hikkosareru |
| Causative | ひっこさせる ひっこさす | hikkosaseru hikkosasu |
| Potential | ひっこせる | hikkoseru |
| Volitional | ひっこそう | hikkosō |
| Negative | ひっこさない | hikkosanai |
| Negative continuative | ひっこさず | hikkosazu |
| Formal | ひっこします | hikkoshimasu |
| Perfective | ひっこした | hikkoshita |
| Conjunctive | ひっこして | hikkoshite |
| Hypothetical conditional | ひっこせば | hikkoseba |
Stem forms :
| Irrealis (未然形) | ひっこさ | ひっこさ | fikkosa |
| Continuative (連用形) | ひっこし | ひっこし | fikkosi |
| Terminal (終止形) | ひっこす | ひっこす | fikkosu |
| Attributive (連体形) | ひっこす | ひっこす | fikkosu |
| Realis (已然形) | ひっこせ | ひっこせ | fikkose |
| Imperative (命令形) | ひっこせ | ひっこせ | fikkose |
| Key constructions ||||
| Negative | ひっこさず | ひっこさず | fikkosazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | ひっこせど | ひっこせど | fikkosedo |
| Causal conjunction | ひっこせば | ひっこせば | fikkoseba |
| Conditional conjunction | ひっこさば | ひっこさば | fikkosaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | ひっこしき | ひっこしき | fikkosiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | ひっこしけり | ひっこしけり | fikkosikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | ひっこしつ | ひっこしつ | fikkositu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | ひっこしぬ | ひっこしぬ | fikkosinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | ひっこせり ひっこしたり | ひっこせり ひっこしたり | fikkoseri fikkositari |
| Volitional | ひっこさむ | ひっこさむ | fikkosamu |

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN