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いちゅなさん

ichunasan

Pronunciation: [ʔit͡ɕunasaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. Busy; occupied

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanaいちゅなさん
Romanizationichunasan
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔit͡ɕunasaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (ku)-type adjective: ichunasan

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

ichunasan

ichunasatan

ichunakoo neen,

ichunakoo neeran

ichunakoo neentan,

ichunakoo neerantan

ATT

ichunasaru

ichunasataru

ichunakoo neentaru,

ichunakoo neerantaru

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

ichuna-

Dictionary

ichunasan

Attributive or Adnominal

ichunasaru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

ichunasa-

Noun form

ichunasa

Adverbial form

ichunaku

Topicalized adverbial form

ichunakoo

Topicalized adverbial form

ichunakoo

Conjunctive

ichunasati

Continuative

ichunasai

Conditional

ichunasaree

Provisional conditional

ichunasaraa

Consequential

ichunasanu

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive conditional

ichunati-n

Common adverbial constructions

Form

Construction

To become...

ichunaku nain

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive

ichunasa-shiga

Topicalized concessive

ichunasaa-a-shiga

Cause-effect

ichunasa-kutu

Nominalized

ichunasa-shi

Inferential

ichunasa sun

Questions

ichunasa-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

ichunasayabiyun†,
ichunasayabiin†,

ichunasaibiyun†,
ichunasaibiin

ichunasayabitan†,

ichunasaibitan

ichunakoo neeyabiran†,

ichunakoo neebiran

ichunakoo neeyabirantan†,

ichunakoo neebirantan

ATT

ichunasayabiyuru†,
ichunasayabiiru†,

ichunasaibiyuru†,
ichunasaibiiru

ichunasayabitaru,

ichunasaibitaru

ichunakoo neeyabirantaru†,

ichunakoo neebirantaru

Polar questions

PRED

ichunasami

ichunasatii

ichunakoo neeni,

ichunakoo neerani

ichunakoo neentii,

ichunakoo neerantii

Conjecture

PRED

ichunasan nee sun

ichunasatan nee sun

ichunakoo neen nee sun,

ichunakoo neeran nee sun

ichunakoo neentan nee sun,

ichunakoo neerantan nee sun

† These forms are considered literary.

Adjective paradigms are based off several sources including, but not limited to:

  • Funatsu, Yoshiaki. (1988). 美しい沖縄の方言①. [Utsukushii Okinawa no kotoba 1]. ISBN4-905784-19-0.
  • Sakihara, Mitsugu. (2006). Okinawan-English Wordbook. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. ISBN: 0824831020.
  • Shizato, Rumiko and Iwasaki, Shoichi. (2024). Basic Okinawan: From Conversation to Grammar. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. ISBN: 9780824893651.

意味:いそがしい・せわしい【忙しい】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 21). いちゅなさん : ichunasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 22, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1521/ichunasan/.