🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
うふさん【多さん】 : ufusan | define meaning
ufusan
Pronunciation: [ʔuɸusaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Many; a lot; plenty; plentiful; abundant; numerous
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese おおい【多い】 ooi "many".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Great many. Oowhóko".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 多さん |
| Kana | うふさん |
| Romanization | ufusan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔuɸusaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
ufusan |
ufusatan |
ufukoo neen, ufukoo neeran |
ufukoo neentan, ufukoo neerantan |
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ATT |
ufusaru |
ufusataru |
ufukoo neentaru, ufukoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
ufu- |
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Dictionary |
ufusan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
ufusaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
ufusa- |
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Noun form |
ufusa |
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Adverbial form |
ufuku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
ufukoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
ufukoo |
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Conjunctive |
ufusati |
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Continuative |
ufusai |
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Conditional |
ufusaree |
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Provisional conditional |
ufusaraa |
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Consequential |
ufusanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
ufuti-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
ufuku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
ufusa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
ufusaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
ufusa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
ufusa-shi |
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Inferential |
ufusa sun |
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Questions |
ufusa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
ufusayabiyun†, ufusaibiyun†, |
ufusayabitan†, ufusaibitan |
ufukoo neeyabiran†, ufukoo neebiran |
ufukoo neeyabirantan†, ufukoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
ufusayabiyuru†, ufusaibiyuru†, |
ufusayabitaru, ufusaibitaru |
ufukoo neeyabirantaru†, ufukoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
ufusami |
ufusatii |
ufukoo neeni, ufukoo neerani |
ufukoo neentii, ufukoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
ufusan nee sun |
ufusatan nee sun |
ufukoo neen nee sun, ufukoo neeran nee sun |
ufukoo neentan nee sun, ufukoo 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：おおい【多い】