Grammar explanation of ほおっておいて


In the Waeijiro databese I found the sentence ほおっておいて. It is translated as
"Let it be", but I don't understand its grammar. I get that おいて comes from 置く,
but where does ほおって come from? Is it an adverb or a verb? I tried to look for
ほおる/ほおう/ほおつ but I couldn't find anything.




「ほ **お** って」 is just the **_very_** common colloquial pronunciation of 「ほ
**う** って」＝「放って」. Thus, one might call it the "pronunciation-based spelling".

So, try looking up 「放{ほう}る」 in a better dictionary.

People say 「ほおっておいて」 to mean " ** _Leave me alone!_** " all the time. The
shorter form 「ほっといて」 will be even heard more often.

Note: I said "a better dictionary" because I answered the same question some
years ago elsewhere, and the questioner told me that his/her small bilingual
dictionary only gave the definition "to throw". A bigger dictionary should
also give "to neglect".




「ほ **お** って」 is just the **_very_** common colloquial pronunciation of 「ほ
**う** って」＝「放って」. Thus, one might call it the "pronunciation-based spelling".

So, try looking up 「放{ほう}る」 in a better dictionary.

People say 「ほおっておいて」 to mean " ** _Leave me alone!_** " all the time. The
shorter form 「ほっといて」 will be even heard more often.

Note: I said "a better dictionary" because I answered the same question some
years ago elsewhere, and the questioner told me that his/her small bilingual
dictionary only gave the definition "to throw". A bigger dictionary should
also give "to neglect".

