🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ふぃじゅるさん【冷じゅるさん】 : fijurusan | define meaning
fijurusan
Pronunciation: [ɸid͡ʑuɾusaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Cold (to the touch); cool; chilly
Etymology
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Cold water. Feézeeroo Meezee", "Water, cold. Feésa meézee, or feézeeroo meézee", and "Scalding oneself with hot water. Meézee fidgeroósa yoo yáddee".
Notes
Variant: ひじゅるさん hijurusan.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 冷じゅるさん |
| Kana | ふぃじゅるさん |
| New Okinawa Moji | 懲じゅるさん |
| Romanization | fijurusan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸid͡ʑuɾusaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
fijurusan |
fijurusatan |
fijurukoo neen, fijurukoo neeran |
fijurukoo neentan, fijurukoo neerantan |
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ATT |
fijurusaru |
fijurusataru |
fijurukoo neentaru, fijurukoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
fijuru- |
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Dictionary |
fijurusan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
fijurusaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
fijurusa- |
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Noun form |
fijurusa |
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Adverbial form |
fijuruku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
fijurukoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
fijurukoo |
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Conjunctive |
fijurusati |
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Continuative |
fijurusai |
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Conditional |
fijurusaree |
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Provisional conditional |
fijurusaraa |
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Consequential |
fijurusanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
fijuruti-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
fijuruku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
fijurusa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
fijurusaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
fijurusa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
fijurusa-shi |
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Inferential |
fijurusa sun |
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Questions |
fijurusa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
fijurusayabiyun†, fijurusaibiyun†, |
fijurusayabitan†, fijurusaibitan |
fijurukoo neeyabiran†, fijurukoo neebiran |
fijurukoo neeyabirantan†, fijurukoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
fijurusayabiyuru†, fijurusaibiyuru†, |
fijurusayabitaru, fijurusaibitaru |
fijurukoo neeyabirantaru†, fijurukoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
fijurusami |
fijurusatii |
fijurukoo neeni, fijurukoo neerani |
fijurukoo neentii, fijurukoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
fijurusan nee sun |
fijurusatan nee sun |
fijurukoo neen nee sun, fijurukoo neeran nee sun |
fijurukoo neentan nee sun, fijurukoo 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：つめたい【冷たい】