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きぶさん【煙さん・烟さん】

kibusan

Pronunciation: [kibusaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. Smoky

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese けむい【煙い・烟い】 kemui "smoky" and its variant けぶい kebui.

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji煙さん
烟さん
Kanaきぶさん
Romanizationkibusan
Pronunciation (IPA)[kibusaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (ku)-type adjective: kibusan

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

kibusan

kibusatan

kibukoo neen,

kibukoo neeran

kibukoo neentan,

kibukoo neerantan

ATT

kibusaru

kibusataru

kibukoo neentaru,

kibukoo neerantaru

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

kibu-

Dictionary

kibusan

Attributive or Adnominal

kibusaru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

kibusa-

Noun form

kibusa

Adverbial form

kibuku

Topicalized adverbial form

kibukoo

Topicalized adverbial form

kibukoo

Conjunctive

kibusati

Continuative

kibusai

Conditional

kibusaree

Provisional conditional

kibusaraa

Consequential

kibusanu

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive conditional

kibuti-n

Common adverbial constructions

Form

Construction

To become...

kibuku nain

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive

kibusa-shiga

Topicalized concessive

kibusaa-a-shiga

Cause-effect

kibusa-kutu

Nominalized

kibusa-shi

Inferential

kibusa sun

Questions

kibusa-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

kibusayabiyun†,
kibusayabiin†,

kibusaibiyun†,
kibusaibiin

kibusayabitan†,

kibusaibitan

kibukoo neeyabiran†,

kibukoo neebiran

kibukoo neeyabirantan†,

kibukoo neebirantan

ATT

kibusayabiyuru†,
kibusayabiiru†,

kibusaibiyuru†,
kibusaibiiru

kibusayabitaru,

kibusaibitaru

kibukoo neeyabirantaru†,

kibukoo neebirantaru

Polar questions

PRED

kibusami

kibusatii

kibukoo neeni,

kibukoo neerani

kibukoo neentii,

kibukoo neerantii

Conjecture

PRED

kibusan nee sun

kibusatan nee sun

kibukoo neen nee sun,

kibukoo neeran nee sun

kibukoo neentan nee sun,

kibukoo 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.

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 21). きぶさん【煙さん・烟さん】 : kibusan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 26, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4553/kibusan/.