🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ながさん【長さん・永さん】 : nagasan | define meaning
nagasan
Pronunciation: [naɡasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- (Distance) Long
- (Time) Long
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese ながい【長い・永い】 nagai "long".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 長さん 永さん |
| Kana | ながさん |
| Romanization | nagasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [naɡasaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
nagasan |
nagasatan |
nagakoo neen, nagakoo neeran |
nagakoo neentan, nagakoo neerantan |
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ATT |
nagasaru |
nagasataru |
nagakoo neentaru, nagakoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
naga- |
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Dictionary |
nagasan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
nagasaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
nagasa- |
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Noun form |
nagasa |
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Adverbial form |
nagaku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
nagakoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
nagakoo |
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Conjunctive |
nagasati |
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Continuative |
nagasai |
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Conditional |
nagasaree |
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Provisional conditional |
nagasaraa |
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Consequential |
nagasanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
nagati-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
nagaku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
nagasa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
nagasaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
nagasa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
nagasa-shi |
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Inferential |
nagasa sun |
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Questions |
nagasa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
nagasayabiyun†, nagasaibiyun†, |
nagasayabitan†, nagasaibitan |
nagakoo neeyabiran†, nagakoo neebiran |
nagakoo neeyabirantan†, nagakoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
nagasayabiyuru†, nagasaibiyuru†, |
nagasayabitaru, nagasaibitaru |
nagakoo neeyabirantaru†, nagakoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
nagasami |
nagasatii |
nagakoo neeni, nagakoo neerani |
nagakoo neentii, nagakoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
nagasan nee sun |
nagasatan nee sun |
nagakoo neen nee sun, nagakoo neeran nee sun |
nagakoo neentan nee sun, nagakoo 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：ながい【長い・永い】