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うじらーさん : ujiraasan | define meaning

ujiraasan

Pronunciation: [ʔud͡ʑiɾaːsaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

(Said of women or children) Cute; adorable; pretty
Clever; smart; bright; good (at); skilled (at)
1. こーいうじらさん【買いうじらさん】
  kooi ujirasan
  "to shop smart", "to be good at shopping"

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kana	うじらーさん
Romanization	ujiraasan
Pronunciation (IPA)	[ʔud͡ʑiɾaːsaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (shiku)-type adjective: **ujiraasan**
		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Negative Perfective
Indicative	PRED	ujiraasan, ujiraashan†	ujiraasatan, ujiraashatan†	ujiraashikoo neen, ujiraashikoo neeran	ujiraashikoo neentan, ujiraashikoo neerantan
Indicative	ATT	ujiraasaru	ujiraasataru, ujiraashataru†	ujiraashikoo neen, ujiraashikoo neeran	ujiraashikoo neentaru, ujiraashikoo neerantaru

Base forms
Form	Construction
Root	ujiraa-
Dictionary	ujiraasan, ujiraashan†
Attributive or Adnominal	ujiraasaru
Apocopated (indicative imperfective)	ujiraasa-
Noun form	ujiraasa
Adverbial form	ujiraashiku
Topicalized adverbial form	ujiraashikoo
Topicalized adverbial form	ujiraashikoo
Conjunctive	ujiraasati, ujiraashati†
Continuative	ujiraasai
Conditional	ujiraasaree
Provisional conditional	ujiraasaraa
Consequential	ujiraasanu, ujiraashanu†

Common conjunctive constructions
Form	Construction
Concessive conditional	ujiraati-n

Common adverbial constructions
Form	Construction
To become...	ujiraashiku nain

Common apocopated constructions
Form	Construction
Concessive	ujiraasa-shiga
Topicalized concessive	ujiraasaa-a-shiga
Cause-effect	ujiraasa-kutu
Nominalized	ujiraasa-shi
Inferential	ujiraasa sun
Questions	ujiraasa-ga

Other constructions
Form		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Negative perfective
Polite	PRED	ujiraasayabiyun†, ujiraasayabiin†, ujiraasaibiyun†, ujiraasaibiin	ujiraasayabitan†, ujiraasaibitan	ujiraashikoo neeyabiran†, ujiraashikoo neebiran	ujiraashikoo neeyabirantan†, ujiraashikoo neebirantan
Polite	ATT	ujiraasayabiyuru†, ujiraasayabiiru†, ujiraasaibiyuru†, ujiraasaibiiru	ujiraasayabitaru, ujiraasaibitaru	ujiraashikoo neeyabiran†, ujiraashikoo neebiran	ujiraashikoo neeyabirantaru†, ujiraashikoo neebirantaru
Polar questions	PRED	ujiraasami, ujiraashami†	ujiraasatii, ujiraashatii	ujiraashikoo neeni, ujiraashikoo neerani	ujiraashikoo neentii, ujiraashikoo neerantii
Conjecture	PRED	ujiraasan nee sun, ujiraashan nee sun†	ujiraasatan nee sun, ujiraashatan nee sun†	ujiraashikoo neen nee sun, ujiraashikoo neeran nee sun	ujiraashikoo neentan nee sun, ujiraashikoo 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：かわいい【可愛い】、うつくしい【美しい】、かしこい【賢い・畏い】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 21). うじらーさん : ujiraasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 26, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7377/ujiraasan/.