🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
やん : yan | define meaning
yan
Pronunciation: [jaŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
Etymology
According to Hinds et al., the Okinawan copula やん yan derives by fusion of the topic marker や ya and the existential auxiliary verb あん an "to be". The fact that the negative form becomes ～やあらん ~ya aran in simple sentences, rather than the expected form やらん yaran, is used as evidence. (Hinds, John; Senko K. Maynard; Shōichi Iwasaki. "Perspectives on topicalization the case of Japanese 'wa'." John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1987. p. 268.)
Notes
Verbal paradigm:
| Plain | Past | Negative | Past | |
| Predicate | やん yan "is" |
やたん yatan "was" |
あらん aran "is not" |
あらんたん arantan "was not" |
| Attribute | やる yaru |
やたる yataru |
Same as above. |
Same as above. |
Other forms:
| Nominative or linking i form |
やい yai |
| Participle or linking ti form |
やてぃ yati |
| Volitional or presumptive form |
やら yara |
| Plain emotive ending | やさ yasa |
| Hypothetical form | やんねー yannee |
Equivalent polite form: やいびーん yaibiin or, more rarely, ややびーん yayabiin.
意味：です、だ
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Neg. Perfective |
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Plain |
PRED |
yan |
yatan |
aran |
arantan |
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ATT |
yaru |
yataru |
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Progressive |
PRED |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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ATT |
– |
– |
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Causative |
PRED |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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ATT |
– |
– |
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Passive, Potential |
PRED |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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ATT |
– |
– |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
yateen |
– |
– |
– |
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ATT |
yateeru |
– |
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In preparation/in advance (-te oku) |
PRED |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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ATT |
– |
– |
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Desidirative (adjective paradigm) |
PRED |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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ATT |
– |
– |
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Affirmative |
Negative |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
yara |
– |
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“seems” |
yaru-haji |
aran-haji |
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Imperative-Prohibitive |
– |
– |
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Conjunctive-Participle |
yati |
– |