🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
おーさん【青さん】 : oosan | define meaning
oosan
Pronunciation: [ʔoːsaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Blue; green
- ばさなえーなーだおーさん【芭蕉生いなーだ青さん】
basanaee naada oosan
"The bananas are still green"
- ばさなえーなーだおーさん【芭蕉生いなーだ青さん】
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese あおい【青い・蒼い・碧い】 aoi "blue, green".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Green. O'sa".
- 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「おーさ」青（アヲ）".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 青さん |
| Kana | おーさん |
| Romanization | oosan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔoːsaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
oosan |
oosatan |
ookoo neen, ookoo neeran |
ookoo neentan, ookoo neerantan |
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ATT |
oosaru |
oosataru |
ookoo neentaru, ookoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
oo- |
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Dictionary |
oosan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
oosaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
oosa- |
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Noun form |
oosa |
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Adverbial form |
ooku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
ookoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
ookoo |
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Conjunctive |
oosati |
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Continuative |
oosai |
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Conditional |
oosaree |
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Provisional conditional |
oosaraa |
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Consequential |
oosanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
ooti-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
ooku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
oosa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
oosaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
oosa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
oosa-shi |
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Inferential |
oosa sun |
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Questions |
oosa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
oosayabiyun†, oosaibiyun†, |
oosayabitan†, oosaibitan |
ookoo neeyabiran†, ookoo neebiran |
ookoo neeyabirantan†, ookoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
oosayabiyuru†, oosaibiyuru†, |
oosayabitaru, oosaibitaru |
ookoo neeyabirantaru†, ookoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
oosami |
oosatii |
ookoo neeni, ookoo neerani |
ookoo neentii, ookoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
oosan nee sun |
oosatan nee sun |
ookoo neen nee sun, ookoo neeran nee sun |
ookoo neentan nee sun, ookoo 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.
意味：あおい【青い・蒼い・碧い】