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あらいん【洗いん】

arain

Pronunciation: [ʔaɾaiŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To wash, to clean, to lave, to rinse
    1. ちらあらいん洗いん
      chira arain
      "Rinse one's face", "Wash one's face"
    2. からたあらいん洗いん
      karata arain
      "Wash one's body", "Wash oneself"

Etymology

Cognate to standard Japanese あらう【洗う】 arau "to wash".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji洗いん
Kanaあらいん
Romanizationarain
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔaɾaiŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan u-type verb: arayun ~ arain

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

arayun,

arain

aratan

araan

araantan

ATT

arayuru,

arairu

arataru

Progressive

PRED

aratoon

aratootan

arateewuran

arateewurantan

ATT

aratooru

aratootaru

Causative

PRED

araasun

araachan

araasan

araasantan

ATT

araasuru

araacharu

Passive and Potential

PRED

araariyun,
araariin

araaritan,
araattan

araariran,
araaran

araarirantan,
araaratan

ATT

araariyuru,
araariiru

araaritaru,
araattaru

Causative-Passive

PRED

araasariyun,
araasariin

araasaritan

araasariran

araasarirantan

ATT

araasariyuru,
araasariiru

araasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

arateen

arateetan

arateeneen

arateeneentan

ATT

arateeru

arateetaru

Preparatory

PRED

aratoochun

aratoochan

arateeukan

arateeukantan

ATT

aratoochuru

aratoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

ara-

Dictionary

arayun,

arain

Attributive or Adnominal

arayuru,

arairu

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

arayu-,

arai-

Adverbial

arai

Volitional-Presumptive

arara

Conjunctive

arati

Representative

aratai

Imperative

arari,
araree

Conditional

araree

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

Conjecture

arayuru haji,

arairu haji

So as to...

arayuru gutu,

arairu gutu

Before...

arayuru mee,

arairu mee

While...

arayuru qweeda, arayuru-qweema,

arairu qweeda, arairu-qweema

Purpose

arayuru tami ni,

arairu tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Request

arati-kwimisooree

Benefactive

arati-kwiin

Completive

arati-neen

Concessive conditional

arati-n

After...

arati-kara

After...

arati-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Desiderative

PRED

arai-busan

arai-busantan

arai-bushikoo neen,

arai-bushikoo neeran

arai-bushikoo neentan,

arai-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

arai-busaru

arai-busataru

Easy to...

PRED

arai-yassan

arai-yassantan

arai-yashikoo neen,

arai-yashikoo neeran

arai-yashikoo neentan,

arai-yashikoo neerantan

ATT

arai-yassaru

arai-yassataru

Hard to...

PRED

arai-gurisan

arai-gurisantan

arai-gurikoo neen,

arai-gurikoo neeran

arai-gurikoo neentan,

arai-gurikoo neerantan

ATT

arai-gurisaru

arai-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Exalting

PRED

arai-misheen

arai-misheentan

arai-misooran

arai-misoorantan

ATT

arai-misheeru

arai-misheetaru,
arai-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

While (simultaneously)...

arai-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Reported past

arayu-tan,

arai-tan

Nominalizing

arayu-shi,

arai-shi

Concessive

arayu-shiga,

arai-shiga

Cause-effect

arayu-kutu,

arai-kutu

Prohibitive

arayu-na,

arai-na

Provisional conditional

arayu-raa

arai-raa

Questions

arayu-ga,

arai-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

arayabiyun,
arayabiin,

araibiyun,
araibiin

arayabitan,

araibitan

arayabiran,

araibiran

arayabirantan,

araibirantan

ATT

arayabiyuru,
arayabiiru,

araibiyuru,
araibiiru

arayabitaru,

araibitaru

Polar questions

PRED

arayumi,

araimi

aratii

araani

araantii

Verb 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.

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2016, October 2). あらいん【洗いん】 : arain | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 18, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/651/arain/.