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ふぃくさん【低さん】 : fikusan | define meaning
fikusan
Pronunciation: [ɸikusaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Low
Etymology
Cognate with Kagoshima ひき hiki and ひっか hikka; Kunigami (Kin) ひこーん hikoon; Okinawa (Shuri) ふぃくさん fikusan; Yaeyama (Hatoma) ぴこーん pikoon and ぴさーん pisaan; and standard Japanese ひくい【低い】 hikui "low".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 低さん |
| Kana | ふぃくさん |
| New Okinawa Moji | 懲くさん |
| Romanization | fikusan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸikusaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
fikusan |
fikusatan |
fikukoo neen, fikukoo neeran |
fikukoo neentan, fikukoo neerantan |
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ATT |
fikusaru |
fikusataru |
fikukoo neentaru, fikukoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
fiku- |
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Dictionary |
fikusan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
fikusaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
fikusa- |
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Noun form |
fikusa |
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Adverbial form |
fikuku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
fikukoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
fikukoo |
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Conjunctive |
fikusati |
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Continuative |
fikusai |
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Conditional |
fikusaree |
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Provisional conditional |
fikusaraa |
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Consequential |
fikusanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
fikuti-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
fikuku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
fikusa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
fikusaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
fikusa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
fikusa-shi |
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Inferential |
fikusa sun |
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Questions |
fikusa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
fikusayabiyun†, fikusaibiyun†, |
fikusayabitan†, fikusaibitan |
fikukoo neeyabiran†, fikukoo neebiran |
fikukoo neeyabirantan†, fikukoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
fikusayabiyuru†, fikusaibiyuru†, |
fikusayabitaru, fikusaibitaru |
fikukoo neeyabirantaru†, fikukoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
fikusami |
fikusatii |
fikukoo neeni, fikukoo neerani |
fikukoo neentii, fikukoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
fikusan nee sun |
fikusatan nee sun |
fikukoo neen nee sun, fikukoo neeran nee sun |
fikukoo neentan nee sun, fikukoo 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：ひくい【低い】