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あまさん【甘さん】 : amasan | define meaning
amasan
Pronunciation: [ʔamasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Sweet
- ちゃーぬあまさん【茶ぬ甘さん】
chaa nu amasan
"The tea is sweet"
- ちゃーぬあまさん【茶ぬ甘さん】
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese あまい【甘い】 amai "sweet".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Essay in Aid of a Grammmar and Dictionary of the Luchuan Language (1895), by Basil Hall Chamberlain, records "Amasang, sweet. (Jap. amai.)".
- 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「あまく」甘（アマク）".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 甘さん |
| Kana | あまさん |
| Romanization | amasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔamasaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
amasan |
amasatan |
amakoo neen, amakoo neeran |
amakoo neentan, amakoo neerantan |
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ATT |
amasaru |
amasataru |
amakoo neentaru, amakoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
ama- |
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Dictionary |
amasan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
amasaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
amasa- |
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Noun form |
amasa |
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Adverbial form |
amaku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
amakoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
amakoo |
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Conjunctive |
amasati |
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Continuative |
amasai |
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Conditional |
amasaree |
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Provisional conditional |
amasaraa |
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Consequential |
amasanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
amati-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
amaku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
amasa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
amasaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
amasa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
amasa-shi |
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Inferential |
amasa sun |
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Questions |
amasa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
amasayabiyun†, amasaibiyun†, |
amasayabitan†, amasaibitan |
amakoo neeyabiran†, amakoo neebiran |
amakoo neeyabirantan†, amakoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
amasayabiyuru†, amasaibiyuru†, |
amasayabitaru, amasaibitaru |
amakoo neeyabirantaru†, amakoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
amasami |
amasatii |
amakoo neeni, amakoo neerani |
amakoo neentii, amakoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
amasan nee sun |
amasatan nee sun |
amakoo neen nee sun, amakoo neeran nee sun |
amakoo neentan nee sun, amakoo 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：あまい【甘い】