🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
うきーん・うきゆん【起きーん・起きゆん】 : ukiin · ukiyun | define meaning
ukiin · ukiyun
Pronunciation: [ʔukiːŋ̍~ʔukijuŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
- To get up; to wake up
- ぐじにうきたん【五時に起きたん】
gujini ukitan
"I woke up at five o'clock"
- ぐじにうきたん【五時に起きたん】
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese おきる【起きる】 okiru "to get up; to wake up" and the Kyushu variants おける【起ける】 okeru and おくる【起くる】 okuru.
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Awake, to. Oóking".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kanji | 起きーん 起きゆん |
| Kana | うきーん うきゆん |
| Romanization | ukiin ukiyun |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔukiːŋ̍~ʔukijuŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
ukiyun, ukiin |
ukitan |
ukiran |
ukirantan |
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ATT |
ukiyuru, ukiiru |
ukitaru |
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Progressive |
PRED |
ukitoon |
ukitootan |
ukiteewuran |
ukiteewurantan |
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ATT |
ukitooru |
ukitootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
ukirasun |
ukirachan |
ukirasan |
ukirasantan |
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ATT |
ukirasuru |
ukiracharu |
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Passive and Potential |
PRED |
ukirariyun, |
ukiraritan, |
ukirariran, |
ukirarirantan, |
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ATT |
ukirariyuru, |
ukiraritaru, |
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Causative-Passive |
PRED |
ukirasariyun, |
ukirasaritan |
ukirasariran |
ukirasarirantan |
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ATT |
ukirasariyuru, |
ukirasariraru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
ukiteen |
ukiteetan |
ukiteeneen |
ukiteeneentan |
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ATT |
ukiteeru |
ukiteetaru |
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Preparatory |
PRED |
ukitoochun |
ukitoochan |
ukiteeukan |
ukiteeukantan |
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ATT |
ukitoochuru |
ukitoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
ukir- |
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Dictionary |
ukiyun, ukiin |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
ukiyuru, ukiiru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
ukiyu-, ukii- |
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Adverbial |
ukii |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
ukira |
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Conjunctive |
ukiti |
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Representative |
ukitai |
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Imperative |
ukiri, |
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Conditional |
ukiree |
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Form |
Construction |
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Conjecture |
ukiyuru haji, ukiiru haji |
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So as to... |
ukiyuru gutu, ukiiru gutu |
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Before... |
ukiyuru mee, ukiiru mee |
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While... |
ukiyuru qweeda, ukiyuru-qweema, ukiiru qweeda, ukiiru-qweema |
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Purpose |
ukiyuru tami ni, ukiiru tami ni |
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Form |
Construction |
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Request |
ukiti-kwimisooree |
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Benefactive |
ukiti-kwiin |
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Completive |
ukiti-neen |
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Concessive conditional |
ukiti-n |
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After... |
ukiti-kara |
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After... |
ukiti-atu |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Desiderative |
PRED |
ukii-busan |
ukii-busantan |
ukii-bushikoo neen, ukii-bushikoo neeran |
ukii-bushikoo neentan, ukii-bushikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
ukii-busaru |
ukii-busataru |
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Easy to... |
PRED |
ukii-yassan |
ukii-yassantan |
ukii-yashikoo neen, ukii-yashikoo neeran |
ukii-yashikoo neentan, ukii-yashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
ukii-yassaru |
ukii-yassataru |
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Hard to... |
PRED |
ukii-gurisan |
ukii-gurisantan |
ukii-gurikoo neen, ukii-gurikoo neeran |
ukii-gurikoo neentan, ukii-gurikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
ukii-gurisaru |
ukii-gurisataru |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Exalting |
PRED |
ukii-misheen, uki-misheen |
ukii-misheentan, uki-misheentan |
ukii-misooran, uki-misooran |
ukii-misoorantan, uki-misoorantan |
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ATT |
ukii-misheeru, uki-misheeru |
ukii-misheetaru, uki-misheetaru, ukii-misoocharu, uki-misoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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While (simultaneously)... |
ukii-gachii |
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Form |
Construction |
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Reported past |
ukiyu-tan, ukii-tan |
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Nominalizing |
ukiyu-shi, ukii-shi |
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Concessive |
ukiyu-shiga, ukii-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
ukiyu-kutu, ukii-kutu |
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Prohibitive |
ukiyu-na, ukii-na |
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Provisional conditional |
ukiyu-ra ukii-ra |
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Questions |
ukiyu-ga, ukii-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
ukiyabiyun, ukiibiyun, |
ukiyabitan, ukiibitan |
ukiyabiran, ukiibiran |
ukiyabirantan, ukiibirantan |
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ATT |
ukiyabiyuru, ukiibiyuru, |
ukiyabitaru, ukiibitaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
ukiyumi, ukiimi |
ukitii |
ukirani |
ukirantii |
Verb 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：おきる【起きる】