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っゆん・いゅん【言ん】

qyun · 'yun

Pronunciation: [ʔjuŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To say

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese いう【言う】 iu "to say".

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OrthographyForm
Kanji言ん
Kanaっゆん
いゅん
New Okinawa Moji搜ん
Romanizationqyun
ʔyun
'yun
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔjuŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan irregular verb: qyun (言ん)βeta

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Neg. Perfective

Plain

PRED

qyun

ichan

qyan
iran

qyantan

ATT

qyuru

icharu

Progressive

PRED

ichoon

ichootan

icheewuran

icheewurantan

ATT

ichooru

ichootaru

Causative

PRED

qyashimiyun
qyashimiin

qyashimitan

qyashimiran

qyashimirantan

ATT

qyashimiyuru
qyashimiiru

qyashimitaru

Passive, Potential

PRED

qyariyun
qyariin

qyaritan
qyattan

qyariran
qyaran

qyarirantan
qyarantan

ATT

qyariyuru
qyariiru

qyaritaru
qyattaru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

icheen

icheetan

icheeneen

icheeneentan

ATT

icheeru

icheetaru

In preparation/in advance (-te oku)

PRED

ichoochun

ichoochan

icheeukan

icheeukantan

ATT

ichoochuru

ichoocharu

Desidirative (adjective paradigm)

PRED

ii-busan

ii-busatan

ii-bushikoo neen

ii-bushikoo neeran

ii-bushikoo neentan

ii-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

ii-busaru

ii-busataru

 

Affirmative

Negative

Volitional-Presumptive
(“let’s”)

iya
ira

“seems”

qyuru-haji

qyan-haji

Imperative-Prohibitive

ii
iri

qyuna

Conjunctive-Participle
(“te form”)

ichi

意味:いう・ゆう【言う・云う・謂う】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, April 13). っゆん・いゅん【言ん】 : qyun · 'yun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2608/qyun-'yun/.