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🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にじーん

nijiin

Pronunciation: [nid͡ʑiːŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To pinch

Etymology

Cognate with Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Saga and Kumamoto ねずむ nezumu; Kagoshima ねずん nezun; Okinawan にじむん nijimun and にじーん nijiin "to pinch".

意味:つねる【抓る】

+ amend/report

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: nijiyun ~ nijiinβeta

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Neg. Perfective

Plain

PRED

nijiyun
nijiin

nijitan

nijiran

nijirantan

ATT

nijiyuru
nijiiru

nijitaru

Progressive

PRED

nijitoon

nijitootan

nijiteewuran

nijiteewurantan

ATT

nijitooru

nijitootaru

Causative

PRED

nijirasun

nijirachan

nijirasan

nijirasantan

ATT

nijirasuru

nijiracharu

Passive, Potential

PRED

nijirariyun
nijirariin

nijiraritan
nijirattan

nijirariran
nijiraran

nijirarirantan
nijirarantan

ATT

nijirariyuru
nijirariiru

nijiraritaru
nijirattaru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

nijiteen

nijiteetan

nijiteeneen

nijiteeneentan

ATT

nijiteeru

nijiteetaru

In preparation/in advance (-te oku)

PRED

nijitoochun

nijitoochan

nijiteeukan

nijiteeukantan

ATT

nijitoochuru

nijitoocharu

Desidirative (adjective paradigm)

PRED

nijii-busan

nijii-busatan

nijii-bushikoo neen

nijii-bushikoo neeran

nijii-bushikoo neentan

nijii-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

nijii-busaru

nijii-busataru

 

Affirmative

Negative

Volitional-Presumptive
(“let’s”)

nijira

“seems”

nijiyuru-haji
nijiiru-haji

nijiran-haji

Imperative-Prohibitive

nijiri

nijinna

Conjunctive-Participle
(“te form”)

nijiti

にじーん
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, April 28). にじーん : nijiin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2574/nijiin/.