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わらいん【笑いん】

warain

Pronunciation: [waɾaiŋ̍]

Definition

Noun

  1. To laugh; to chuckle
  2. To smile; to grin

Etymology

Cognate to standard Japanese わらう【笑う】 warau (ibid.).

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji笑いん
Kanaわらいん
Romanizationwarain
Pronunciation (IPA)[waɾaiŋ̍]

Paradigm

Central Okinawan u-type verb: warayun ~ warainβeta

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Neg. Perfective

Plain

PRED

warayun /
warain

waratan

waraan /

wararan

waraantan /

wararantan

ATT

warayuru /
warairu

warataru

Progressive

PRED

waratoon

waratootan

warateewuran

warateewurantan

ATT

waratooru

waratootaru

Causative

PRED

waraasun

waraachan

waraasan

waraasantan

ATT

waraasuru

waraacharu

Passive, Potential

PRED

waraariyun /
waraariin

waraaritan /
waraattan

waraariran /
waraaran

waraarirantan /
waraarantan

ATT

waraariyuru /
waraariiru

waraaritaru /
waraattaru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

warateen

warateetan

warateeneen

warateeneentan

ATT

warateeru

warateetaru

In preparation/in advance (-te oku)

PRED

waratoochun

waratoochan

warateeukan

warateeukantan

ATT

waratoochuru

waratoocharu

Desidirative (adjective paradigm)

PRED

warai-busan /

waree-busan

warai-busatan /

waree-busatan

warai-bushikoo neen /

waree-bushikoo neen /

warai-bushikoo neeran /

waree-bushikoo neeran

warai-bushikoo neentan /

waree-bushikoo neentan /

warai-bushikoo neerantan /

waree-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

warai-busaru /

waree-busaru

warai-busataru /

waree-busataru

 

Affirmative

Negative

Volitional-Presumptive
(“let’s”)

warara

“seems”

warayuru-haji /
warairu-haji

waraan-haji /

wararan-haji

Imperative-Prohibitive

warari

waranna

Conjunctive-Participle
(“te form”)

warati

意味:わらう【笑う】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2022, August 15). わらいん【笑いん】 : warain | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, November 12, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4517/warain/.