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よーいん【弱いん】

yooin

Pronunciation: [joːiŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To be weak; to become weak; to grow weak
  2. (Health) To decline; to become feeble
  3. (Buildings) To be structurally unsound; to be unstable

Etymology

Cognate to standard Japanese よわる【弱る】 yowaru (ibid.).

意味:よわる【弱る】

+ amend/report

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: yooyun ~ yooinβeta

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Neg. Perfective

Plain

PRED

yooyun
yooin

yootan

yooran

yoorantan

ATT

yooyuru
yooiru

yootaru

Progressive

PRED

yootoon

yootootan

yooteewuran

yooteewurantan

ATT

yootooru

yootootaru

Causative

PRED

yoorasun

yoorachan

yoorasan

yoorasantan

ATT

yoorasuru

yooracharu

Passive, Potential

PRED

yoorariyun
yoorariin

yooraritan
yoorattan

yoorariran
yooraran

yoorarirantan
yoorarantan

ATT

yoorariyuru
yoorariiru

yooraritaru
yoorattaru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

yooteen

yooteetan

yooteeneen

yooteeneentan

ATT

yooteeru

yooteetaru

In preparation/in advance (-te oku)

PRED

yootoochun

yootoochan

yooteeukan

yooteeukantan

ATT

yootoochuru

yootoocharu

Desidirative (adjective paradigm)

PRED

yooi-busan

yooi-busatan

yooi-bushikoo neen

yooi-bushikoo neeran

yooi-bushikoo neentan

yooi-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

yooi-busaru

yooi-busataru

 

Affirmative

Negative

Volitional-Presumptive
(“let’s”)

yoora

“seems”

yooyuru-haji
yooiru-haji

yooran-haji

Imperative-Prohibitive

yoori

yoonna

Conjunctive-Participle
(“te form”)

yooti

弱いん
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2022, August 17). よーいん【弱いん】 : yooin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4523/yooin/.