🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
はごーさん : hagoosan | define meaning
hagoosan
Pronunciation: [haɡoːsaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Dirty; filthy; unclean; messy
- Ticklish
Etymology
Cognate with Okinawan (Yomitan) はごーはん hagoohan and Okinawan (Shuri) はごーさん hagoosan "dirty". Most likely cognate with standard Japanese はがゆい【歯がゆい・歯痒い】 hagayui "frustrating, irritating, unbearable (to watch)".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Essay in Aid of a Grammmar and Dictionary of the Luchuan Language (1895), by Basil Hall Chamberlain, records "Hagōsang, filthy".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | はごーさん |
| Romanization | hagoosan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [haɡoːsaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
hagoosan |
hagoosatan |
hagookoo neen, hagookoo neeran |
hagookoo neentan, hagookoo neerantan |
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ATT |
hagoosaru |
hagoosataru |
hagookoo neentaru, hagookoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
hagoo- |
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Dictionary |
hagoosan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
hagoosaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
hagoosa- |
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Noun form |
hagoosa |
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Adverbial form |
hagooku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
hagookoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
hagookoo |
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Conjunctive |
hagoosati |
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Continuative |
hagoosai |
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Conditional |
hagoosaree |
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Provisional conditional |
hagoosaraa |
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Consequential |
hagoosanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
hagooti-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
hagooku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
hagoosa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
hagoosaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
hagoosa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
hagoosa-shi |
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Inferential |
hagoosa sun |
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Questions |
hagoosa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
hagoosayabiyun†, hagoosaibiyun†, |
hagoosayabitan†, hagoosaibitan |
hagookoo neeyabiran†, hagookoo neebiran |
hagookoo neeyabirantan†, hagookoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
hagoosayabiyuru†, hagoosaibiyuru†, |
hagoosayabitaru, hagoosaibitaru |
hagookoo neeyabirantaru†, hagookoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
hagoosami |
hagoosatii |
hagookoo neeni, hagookoo neerani |
hagookoo neentii, hagookoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
hagoosan nee sun |
hagoosatan nee sun |
hagookoo neen nee sun, hagookoo neeran nee sun |
hagookoo neentan nee sun, hagookoo 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：きたない【汚い】、ふけつである【不潔である】、くすぐったい【擽ったい・擽ぐったい】、こそばゆい