🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
にーたさん : niitasan | define meaning
niitasan
Pronunciation: [niːtasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Resentful; bitter; hateful
Etymology
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Angry. Neétsa".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | にーたさん |
| Romanization | niitasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [niːtasaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
niitasan |
niitasatan |
niitakoo neen, niitakoo neeran |
niitakoo neentan, niitakoo neerantan |
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ATT |
niitasaru |
niitasataru |
niitakoo neentaru, niitakoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
niita- |
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Dictionary |
niitasan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
niitasaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
niitasa- |
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Noun form |
niitasa |
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Adverbial form |
niitaku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
niitakoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
niitakoo |
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Conjunctive |
niitasati |
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Continuative |
niitasai |
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Conditional |
niitasaree |
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Provisional conditional |
niitasaraa |
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Consequential |
niitasanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
niitati-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
niitaku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
niitasa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
niitasaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
niitasa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
niitasa-shi |
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Inferential |
niitasa sun |
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Questions |
niitasa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
niitasayabiyun†, niitasaibiyun†, |
niitasayabitan†, niitasaibitan |
niitakoo neeyabiran†, niitakoo neebiran |
niitakoo neeyabirantan†, niitakoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
niitasayabiyuru†, niitasaibiyuru†, |
niitasayabitaru, niitasaibitaru |
niitakoo neeyabirantaru†, niitakoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
niitasami |
niitasatii |
niitakoo neeni, niitakoo neerani |
niitakoo neentii, niitakoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
niitasan nee sun |
niitasatan nee sun |
niitakoo neen nee sun, niitakoo neeran nee sun |
niitakoo neentan nee sun, niitakoo 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：うらめしい【恨めしい・怨めしい・怨しい・恨しい】