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いちゅん【行ちゅん】 : ichun | define meaning

ichun

Pronunciation: [ʔit͡ɕuŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

To go
1. がっこーんかいいちゅん【学校んかい行ちゅん】
  gakkoo nkai ichun
  "(I am) going to school"
2. うちなーんかいいちゅん【沖縄んかい行ちゅん】
  uchinaa nkai ichun
  "(I am) going to Okinawa"

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese いく【行く】 iku "to go".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Go, to. Eéchoong § The intention of departing from a house is generally announced by Cung, cung", "Go, to, in a boat. Tímma ki eéchoong", "Go, to, slow. Yaw'na eéchoong", "Go, to, on shore. Amáki eéchoong, or moódoeéong", "ya ka saut eéchoong, to go out of a place", "Ship goes away. Hoónee eéchoong", "Ship returns. Moóchee eéchoong", "Carry to, or take away. Moótchee eéchoong", "I am going on shore. Wang amáki eéchoong", "Walk, to, slow. Yáwna eéchoong", "Wind to go out. Kássee eéchoong", "Go down there. Amúnka ic'kee", "I am going now, he will come presently. Atookárra wang eéchoong atookárra eéchoong", "I am going on board to dinner. Wang hoónee ki eéchoong moónoo kámoong", etc.

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	行ちゅん
Kana	いちゅん
Romanization	ichun
Pronunciation (IPA)	[ʔit͡ɕuŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan irregular verb: **ichun (行ちゅん)**^βeta
		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Neg. Perfective
Plain	PRED	ichun	qnjan	ikan	ikantan
	ATT	ichuru	qnjaru
Progressive	PRED	qnjoon	qnjootan	qnjeewuran	qnjeewurantan
	ATT	qnjooru	qnjootaru
Causative	PRED	ikasun	ikachan	ikasan	ikasantan
	ATT	ikasuru	ikacharu
Passive, Potential	PRED	ikariyun ikariin	ikaritan ikattan	ikariran ikaran	ikarirantan ikarantan
	ATT	ikariyuru ikariiru	ikaritaru ikattaru
Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)	PRED	qnjeen	qnjeetan	qnjeeneen	qnjeeneentan
	ATT	qnjeeru	qnjeetaru
In preparation/in advance (-te oku)	PRED	qnjoochun	qnjoochan	qnjeeukan	qnjeeukantan
	ATT	qnjoochuru	qnjoocharu
Desidirative (adjective paradigm)	PRED	ichi-busan	ichi-busatan	ichi-bushikoo neen ichi-bushikoo neeran	ichi-bushikoo neentan ichi-bushikoo neerantan
	ATT	ichi-busaru	ichi-busataru

	Affirmative	Negative
Volitional-Presumptive (“let’s”)	ika	–
“seems”	ichuru-haji	ikan-haji
Imperative-Prohibitive	iki	ikuna
Conjunctive-Participle (“te form”)	qnji	–

意味：いく【行く】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, January 4). いちゅん【行ちゅん】 : ichun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, January 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/425/ichun/.