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したなさん【汚さん】

shitanasan

Pronunciation: [ɕitanasaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. Dirty; filthy; unclean; messy

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese きたない【汚い】 kitanai "dirty, filthy".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji汚さん
Kanaしたなさん
Romanizationshitanasan
Pronunciation (IPA)[ɕitanasaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (ku)-type adjective: shitanasan

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

shitanasan

shitanasatan

shitanakoo neen,

shitanakoo neeran

shitanakoo neentan,

shitanakoo neerantan

ATT

shitanasaru

shitanasataru

shitanakoo neentaru,

shitanakoo neerantaru

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

shitana-

Dictionary

shitanasan

Attributive or Adnominal

shitanasaru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

shitanasa-

Noun form

shitanasa

Adverbial form

shitanaku

Topicalized adverbial form

shitanakoo

Topicalized adverbial form

shitanakoo

Conjunctive

shitanasati

Continuative

shitanasai

Conditional

shitanasaree

Provisional conditional

shitanasaraa

Consequential

shitanasanu

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive conditional

shitanati-n

Common adverbial constructions

Form

Construction

To become...

shitanaku nain

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive

shitanasa-shiga

Topicalized concessive

shitanasaa-a-shiga

Cause-effect

shitanasa-kutu

Nominalized

shitanasa-shi

Inferential

shitanasa sun

Questions

shitanasa-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

shitanasayabiyun†,
shitanasayabiin†,

shitanasaibiyun†,
shitanasaibiin

shitanasayabitan†,

shitanasaibitan

shitanakoo neeyabiran†,

shitanakoo neebiran

shitanakoo neeyabirantan†,

shitanakoo neebirantan

ATT

shitanasayabiyuru†,
shitanasayabiiru†,

shitanasaibiyuru†,
shitanasaibiiru

shitanasayabitaru,

shitanasaibitaru

shitanakoo neeyabirantaru†,

shitanakoo neebirantaru

Polar questions

PRED

shitanasami

shitanasatii

shitanakoo neeni,

shitanakoo neerani

shitanakoo neentii,

shitanakoo neerantii

Conjecture

PRED

shitanasan nee sun

shitanasatan nee sun

shitanakoo neen nee sun,

shitanakoo neeran nee sun

shitanakoo neentan nee sun,

shitanakoo 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.

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 21). したなさん【汚さん】 : shitanasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 26, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7141/shitanasan/.