🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ちゅーん【来ゅーん・来ん】 : chuun | define meaning
chuun
Pronunciation: [tɕuːŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
- To come
- とーちょーからちゃーびたん【東京から来ゃーびたん】
toochoo kara chaabitan
"(I) came from Tokyo" - ふにからちゃん【船から来ゃん】
funi kara chan
"(I) came by boat"
- とーちょーからちゃーびたん【東京から来ゃーびたん】
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese くる【来る】 kuru "to come".
Historical attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Come, to. Choong", "Come here. Cung coo", "Come, to, on board. Choó-oong", "Bring fire here. Feetoótee coo", "Bring fire here. Fee toóteecoo", "Boy, bring fire to light my pipe. I'rree fee toóteecoo tobácco foókee", "Come up here. Nooboótee coo", "To come into a place. Yá ka saut choong", "To come back again. A'mma ka choong".
- Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste: Along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew, with an Account of Her Subsequent Shipwreck (1818), by John M'Leod, records "Come a shore. Chung".
Notes
Derived forms: むっちちゅーん【持っち来ゅーん】 mucchichuun "to bring, to get, to retrieve".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 来ゅーん 来ん |
| Kana | ちゅーん |
| Romanization | chuun |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [tɕuːŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Neg. Perfective |
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Plain |
PRED |
chuun |
chan |
kuun |
kuuntan |
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ATT |
chuuru |
charu |
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Progressive |
PRED |
choon |
chootan |
cheewuran |
cheewurantan |
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ATT |
chooru |
chootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
kuurasun |
kuurachan |
kuurasan |
kuurasantan |
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ATT |
kuurasuru |
kuuracharu |
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Passive, Potential |
PRED |
kuurariyun |
kuuraritan |
kuurariran |
kuurarirantan |
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ATT |
kuurariyuru |
kuuraritaru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
cheen |
cheetan |
cheeneen |
cheeneentan |
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ATT |
cheeru |
cheetaru |
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In preparation/in advance (-te oku) |
PRED |
choochun |
choochan |
cheeukan |
cheeukantan |
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ATT |
choochuru |
choocharu |
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Desidirative (adjective paradigm) |
PRED |
chii-busan |
chii-busatan |
chii-bushikoo neen chii-bushikoo neeran |
chii-bushikoo neentan chii-bushikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
chii-busaru |
chii-busataru |
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Affirmative |
Negative |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
kuu |
– |
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“seems” |
chuuru-haji |
kuun-haji |
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Imperative-Prohibitive |
kuu |
kuunna |
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Conjunctive-Participle |
cchi |
– |
意味：くる【来る】