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ぬくさん【温さん】 : nukusan | define meaning
nukusan
Pronunciation: [nukusaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Warm; mild
Etymology
Cognate with Chugoku (Okayama) ぬきい nukii "warm"; Tokushima (Awa) and Kumamoto ぬくい nukui "hot"; Kagoshima ぬき nuki and ぬっか nukka; Amami (Koniya) ぬｸさﾑ nuksam "warm"; Kunigami (Kin) にこーん nikoon; Okinawan ぬくさん nukusan; standard Japanese ぬくい【温い】 nukui "lukewarm".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 温さん |
| Kana | ぬくさん |
| Romanization | nukusan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [nukusaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
nukusan |
nukusatan |
nukukoo neen, nukukoo neeran |
nukukoo neentan, nukukoo neerantan |
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ATT |
nukusaru |
nukusataru |
nukukoo neentaru, nukukoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
nuku- |
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Dictionary |
nukusan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
nukusaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
nukusa- |
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Noun form |
nukusa |
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Adverbial form |
nukuku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
nukukoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
nukukoo |
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Conjunctive |
nukusati |
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Continuative |
nukusai |
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Conditional |
nukusaree |
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Provisional conditional |
nukusaraa |
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Consequential |
nukusanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
nukuti-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
nukuku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
nukusa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
nukusaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
nukusa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
nukusa-shi |
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Inferential |
nukusa sun |
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Questions |
nukusa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
nukusayabiyun†, nukusaibiyun†, |
nukusayabitan†, nukusaibitan |
nukukoo neeyabiran†, nukukoo neebiran |
nukukoo neeyabirantan†, nukukoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
nukusayabiyuru†, nukusaibiyuru†, |
nukusayabitaru, nukusaibitaru |
nukukoo neeyabirantaru†, nukukoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
nukusami |
nukusatii |
nukukoo neeni, nukukoo neerani |
nukukoo neentii, nukukoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
nukusan nee sun |
nukusatan nee sun |
nukukoo neen nee sun, nukukoo neeran nee sun |
nukukoo neentan nee sun, nukukoo 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：あたたかい・あったかい【暖かい・温かい・暖い】