nidan verb (lower class) with 'u' ending and 'we' conjugation (archaic), transitive verb
Archaic transitive verb, equivalent to modern 植える. Used in classical Japanese texts.
See also: 植える
古語では「木を植う」と書いて「きをうう」と読んだ。
In classical Japanese, '木を植う' was written and read as 'ki wo uu', meaning 'to plant a tree'.
Modern standard transitive verb for 'to plant'. 植う is its archaic predecessor.
Archaic Nidan verb form of 植える. The historical derivation is uncertain, but it is the older form from which modern 植える developed.