🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
どぅちゅん【退ちゅん】 : duchun | define meaning
duchun
Pronunciation: [dut͡ɕuŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
- To step aside; to step back; to step away; to step down; to move to the side; to move back
- To retreat; to withdraw
- To recede
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese どく【退く】 doku "to step aside, to move back".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 退ちゅん |
| Kana | どぅちゅん |
| New Okinawa Moji | 嬨ちゅん |
| Romanization | duchun |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [dut͡ɕuŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
duchun |
duchan |
dukan |
dukantan |
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ATT |
duchuru |
ducharu |
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Progressive |
PRED |
duchoon |
duchootan |
ducheewuran |
ducheewurantan |
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ATT |
duchooru |
duchootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
dukasun |
dukachan |
dukasan |
dukasantan |
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ATT |
dukasuru |
dukacharu |
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Passive and Potential |
PRED |
dukariyun, |
dukaritan, |
dukariran, |
dukarirantan, |
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ATT |
dukariyuru, |
dukaritaru, |
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Causative-Passive |
PRED |
dukasariyun, |
dukasaritan |
dukasariran |
dukasarirantan |
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ATT |
dukasariyuru, |
dukasariraru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
ducheen |
ducheetan |
ducheeneen |
ducheeneentan |
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ATT |
ducheeru |
ducheetaru |
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Preparatory |
PRED |
duchoochun |
duchoochan |
ducheeukan |
ducheeukantan |
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ATT |
duchoochuru |
duchoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
duk- |
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Dictionary |
duchun |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
duchuru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
duchu- |
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Adverbial |
duchi |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
duka |
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Conjunctive |
duchi |
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Representative |
duchai |
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Imperative |
duki, |
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Conditional |
dukee |
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Form |
Construction |
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Conjecture |
duchuru haji |
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So as to... |
duchuru gutu |
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Before... |
duchuru mee |
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While... |
duchuru qweeda, dunuru-qweema |
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Purpose |
duchuru tami ni |
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Form |
Construction |
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Request |
duchi-kwimisooree |
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Benefactive |
duchi-kwiin |
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Completive |
duchi-neen |
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Concessive conditional |
duchi-n |
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After... |
duchi-kara |
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After... |
duchi-atu |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Desiderative |
PRED |
duchi-busan |
duchi-busantan |
duchi-bushikoo neen, duchi-bushikoo neeran |
duchi-bushikoo neentan, duchi-bushikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
duchi-busaru |
duchi-busataru |
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Easy to... |
PRED |
duchi-yassan |
duchi-yassantan |
duchi-yashikoo neen, duchi-yashikoo neeran |
duchi-yashikoo neentan, duchi-yashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
duchi-yassaru |
duchi-yassataru |
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Hard to... |
PRED |
duchi-gurisan |
duchi-gurisantan |
duchi-gurikoo neen, duchi-gurikoo neeran |
duchi-gurikoo neentan, duchi-gurikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
duchi-gurisaru |
duchi-gurisataru |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Exalting |
PRED |
duchi-misheen |
duchi-misheentan |
duchi-misooran |
duchi-misoorantan |
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ATT |
duchi-misheeru |
duchi-misheetaru, |
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Form |
Construction |
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While (simultaneously)... |
duchi-gachii |
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Form |
Construction |
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Reported past |
duchu-tan |
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Nominalizing |
duchu-shi |
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Concessive |
duchu-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
duchu-kutu |
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Prohibitive |
duchu-na |
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Provisional conditional |
duchu-raa |
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Questions |
duchu-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
duchabiyun, |
duchabitan |
duchabiran |
duchabirantan |
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ATT |
duchabiyuru, |
duchabitaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
duchumi |
duchii |
dukani |
dukantii |
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.
意味：しりぞく【退く・斥く】、どく・のく【退く】、たちのく【立ち退く・立退く】