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🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎーすん・くぁーすん

kwaasun

Pronunciation: [kʷaːsuŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. (Common) To fish; to catch (fish); to angle
    1. いゆくゎーすん【魚くゎーすん
      iyu kwaasun
      "to catch fish"

Etymology

Cognate with Amami (Uke-Amuro, Yoroshima) っくゎーしゅム kkwaashum; Okinoerabu っくゎーしゅん kkwaashun; Kunigami (Benoki) っくゎーすん kkwaasun; Okinawan (Ojima, Shuri, Yomitan) くゎーすん kwaasun; Yaeyama ふぉーす foosu; Yaeyama (Komi) ふー fuu; Yaeyama (Hatoma) ほー hoo; and Yonaguni ふぁん fan "to fish".

意味:つる【釣る】

+ amend/report

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan su-type verb: kwaasunβeta

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Neg. Perfective

Plain

PRED

kwaasun

kwaachan

kwaasan

kwaasantan

ATT

kwaasuru

kwaacharu

Progressive

PRED

kwaachoon

kwaachootan

kwaacheewuran

kwaacheewurantan

ATT

kwaachooru

kwaachootaru

Causative

PRED

kwaashimiyun
kwaashimiin

kwaashimitan

kwaashimiran

kwaashimirantan

ATT

kwaashimiyuru
kwaashimiiru

kwaashimitaru

Passive, Potential

PRED

kwaasariyun
kwaasariin

kwaasaritan
kwaasattan

kwaasariran
kwaasaran

kwaasarirantan
kwaasarantan

ATT

kwaasariyuru
kwaasariiru

kwaasaritaru
kwaasattaru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

kwaacheen

kwaacheetan

kwaacheeneen

kwaacheeneentan

ATT

kwaacheeru

kwaacheetaru

In preparation/in advance (-te oku)

PRED

kwaachoochun

kwaachoochan

kwaacheeukan

kwaacheeukantan

ATT

kwaachoochuru

kwaachoocharu

Desidirative (adjective paradigm)

PRED

kwaashi-busan

kwaashi-busatan

kwaashi-bushikoo neen

kwaashi-bushikoo neeran

kwaashi-bushikoo neentan

kwaashi-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

kwaashi-busaru

kwaashi-busataru

 

Affirmative

Negative

Volitional-Presumptive
(“let’s”)

kwaasa

“seems”

kwaasuru-haji

kwaasan-haji

Imperative-Prohibitive

kwaashi

kwaasuna

Conjunctive-Participle
(“te form”)

kwaachi

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