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めーいん【燃いん】

meein

Pronunciation: [meːiŋ̍]

Definition

Intransitive verb

  1. To burn

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese もえる【燃える】 moeru "to burn".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji燃いん
Kanaめーいん
Romanizationmeein
Pronunciation (IPA)[meːiŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: meeyun ~ meein

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

meeyun,

meein

meetan

meeran

meerantan

ATT

meeyuru,

meeiru

meetaru

Progressive

PRED

meetoon

meetootan

meeteewuran

meeteewurantan

ATT

meetooru

meetootaru

Causative

PRED

meerasun

meerachan

meerasan

meerasantan

ATT

meerasuru

meeracharu

Passive and Potential

PRED

meerariyun,
meerariin

meeraritan,
meerattan

meerariran,
meeraran

meerarirantan,
meeraratan

ATT

meerariyuru,
meerariiru

meeraritaru,
meerattaru

Causative-Passive

PRED

meerasariyun,
meerasariin

meerasaritan

meerasariran

meerasarirantan

ATT

meerasariyuru,
meerasariiru

meerasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

meeteen

meeteetan

meeteeneen

meeteeneentan

ATT

meeteeru

meeteetaru

Preparatory

PRED

meetoochun

meetoochan

meeteeukan

meeteeukantan

ATT

meetoochuru

meetoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

meer-

Dictionary

meeyun,

meein

Attributive or Adnominal

meeyuru,

meeiru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

meeyu-,

meei-

Adverbial

meei

Volitional-Presumptive

meera

Conjunctive

meeti

Representative

meetai

Imperative

meeri,
meeree

Conditional

meeree

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

Conjecture

meeyuru haji,

meeiru haji

So as to...

meeyuru gutu,

meeiru gutu

Before...

meeyuru mee,

meeiru mee

While...

meeyuru qweeda, meeyuru-qweema,

meeiru qweeda, meeiru-qweema

Purpose

meeyuru tami ni,

meeiru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Request

meeti-kwimisooree

Benefactive

meeti-kwiin

Completive

meeti-neen

Concessive conditional

meeti-n

After...

meeti-kara

After...

meeti-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Desiderative

PRED

meei-busan

meei-busantan

meei-bushikoo neen,

meei-bushikoo neeran

meei-bushikoo neentan,

meei-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

meei-busaru

meei-busataru

Easy to...

PRED

meei-yassan

meei-yassantan

meei-yashikoo neen,

meei-yashikoo neeran

meei-yashikoo neentan,

meei-yashikoo neerantan

ATT

meei-yassaru

meei-yassataru

Hard to...

PRED

meei-gurisan

meei-gurisantan

meei-gurikoo neen,

meei-gurikoo neeran

meei-gurikoo neentan,

meei-gurikoo neerantan

ATT

meei-gurisaru

meei-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Exalting

PRED

meei-misheen,

mee-misheen

meei-misheentan,

mee-misheentan

meei-misooran,

mee-misooran

meei-misoorantan,

mee-misoorantan

ATT

meei-misheeru,

mee-misheeru

meei-misheetaru,

mee-misheetaru,

meei-misoocharu,

mee-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

While (simultaneously)...

meei-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Reported past

meeyu-tan,

meei-tan

Nominalizing

meeyu-shi,

meei-shi

Concessive

meeyu-shiga,

meei-shiga

Cause-effect

meeyu-kutu,

meei-kutu

Prohibitive

meeyu-na,

meei-na

Provisional conditional

meeyu-ra

meei-ra

Questions

meeyu-ga,

meei-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

meeyabiyun,
meeyabiin,

meeibiyun,
meeibiin

meeyabitan,

meeibitan

meeyabiran,

meeibiran

meeyabirantan,

meeibirantan

ATT

meeyabiyuru,
meeyabiiru,

meeibiyuru,
meeibiiru

meeyabitaru,

meeibitaru

Polar questions

PRED

meeyumi,

meeimi

meetii

meerani

meerantii

Verb 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. (2024, March 23). めーいん【燃いん】 : meein | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, February 15, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5711/meein/.