🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
あかさん【赤さん・紅さん】 : akasan | define meaning
akasan
Pronunciation: [ʔakasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Red; scarlet; crimson
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese あかい【赤い・紅い】 akai "red".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Blush (lit. red). Akássa" and "Cloth, red. Akássa nónoo".
- Essay in Aid of a Grammmar and Dictionary of the Luchuan Language (1895), by Basil Hall Chamberlain, records " Akasang, red. (Jap. akai.)".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 赤さん 紅さん |
| Kana | あかさん |
| Romanization | akasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔakasaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
akasan |
akasatan |
akakoo neen, akakoo neeran |
akakoo neentan, akakoo neerantan |
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ATT |
akasaru |
akasataru |
akakoo neentaru, akakoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
aka- |
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Dictionary |
akasan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
akasaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
akasa- |
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Noun form |
akasa |
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Adverbial form |
akaku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
akakoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
akakoo |
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Conjunctive |
akasati |
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Continuative |
akasai |
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Conditional |
akasaree |
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Provisional conditional |
akasaraa |
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Consequential |
akasanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
akati-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
akaku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
akasa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
akasaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
akasa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
akasa-shi |
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Inferential |
akasa sun |
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Questions |
akasa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
akasayabiyun†, akasaibiyun†, |
akasayabitan†, akasaibitan |
akakoo neeyabiran†, akakoo neebiran |
akakoo neeyabirantan†, akakoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
akasayabiyuru†, akasaibiyuru†, |
akasayabitaru, akasaibitaru |
akakoo neeyabirantaru†, akakoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
akasami |
akasatii |
akakoo neeni, akakoo neerani |
akakoo neentii, akakoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
akasan nee sun |
akasatan nee sun |
akakoo neen nee sun, akakoo neeran nee sun |
akakoo neentan nee sun, akakoo 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：あかい【赤い・紅い】