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あささん【浅ささん】 : asasan | define meaning
asasan
Pronunciation: [ʔasasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Shallow
- Pale; light
Etymology
Cognate with Kagoshima あせ ase and あさか asaka; Amami (Koniya) あささﾑ asasam; Okinawan あささん asasan and あっさん assan; and standard Japanese あさい【浅い】 asai "shallow".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kanji | 浅ささん |
| Kana | あささん |
| Romanization | asasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔasasaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
asasan |
asasatan |
asakoo neen, asakoo neeran |
asakoo neentan, asakoo neerantan |
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ATT |
asasaru |
asasataru |
asakoo neentaru, asakoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
asa- |
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Dictionary |
asasan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
asasaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
asasa- |
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Noun form |
asasa |
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Adverbial form |
asaku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
asakoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
asakoo |
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Conjunctive |
asasati |
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Continuative |
asasai |
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Conditional |
asasaree |
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Provisional conditional |
asasaraa |
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Consequential |
asasanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
asati-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
asaku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
asasa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
asasaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
asasa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
asasa-shi |
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Inferential |
asasa sun |
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Questions |
asasa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
asasayabiyun†, asasaibiyun†, |
asasayabitan†, asasaibitan |
asakoo neeyabiran†, asakoo neebiran |
asakoo neeyabirantan†, asakoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
asasayabiyuru†, asasaibiyuru†, |
asasayabitaru, asasaibitaru |
asakoo neeyabirantaru†, asakoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
asasami |
asasatii |
asakoo neeni, asakoo neerani |
asakoo neentii, asakoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
asasan nee sun |
asasatan nee sun |
asakoo neen nee sun, asakoo neeran nee sun |
asakoo neentan nee sun, asakoo 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：あさい【浅い】