🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ふかさん【深さん】 : fukasan | define meaning
fukasan
Pronunciation: [ɸukasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Deep
- Close (relationship)
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese ふかい【深い】 fukai "deep".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Deep. Fookássa".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 深さん |
| Kana | ふかさん |
| Romanization | fukasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸukasaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
fukasan |
fukasatan |
fukakoo neen, fukakoo neeran |
fukakoo neentan, fukakoo neerantan |
|
ATT |
fukasaru |
fukasataru |
fukakoo neentaru, fukakoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
fuka- |
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Dictionary |
fukasan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
fukasaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
fukasa- |
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Noun form |
fukasa |
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Adverbial form |
fukaku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
fukakoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
fukakoo |
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Conjunctive |
fukasati |
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Continuative |
fukasai |
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Conditional |
fukasaree |
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Provisional conditional |
fukasaraa |
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Consequential |
fukasanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
fukati-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
fukaku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
fukasa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
fukasaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
fukasa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
fukasa-shi |
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Inferential |
fukasa sun |
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Questions |
fukasa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
fukasayabiyun†, fukasaibiyun†, |
fukasayabitan†, fukasaibitan |
fukakoo neeyabiran†, fukakoo neebiran |
fukakoo neeyabirantan†, fukakoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
fukasayabiyuru†, fukasaibiyuru†, |
fukasayabitaru, fukasaibitaru |
fukakoo neeyabirantaru†, fukakoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
fukasami |
fukasatii |
fukakoo neeni, fukakoo neerani |
fukakoo neentii, fukakoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
fukasan nee sun |
fukasatan nee sun |
fukakoo neen nee sun, fukakoo neeran nee sun |
fukakoo neentan nee sun, fukakoo 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：ふかい【深い】