X
🔧

Settings

Search type

Word search: Languages

Word search: Databases

🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

もーいん【舞いん】

mooin

Pronunciation: [moːiŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To dance

Etymology

Cognate to the standard Japanese verbs まう【舞う】 mau "to dance" and まわる【回る・廻る】 mawaru "to turn; to revolve".

Notes

Derived term:

もーやー【舞やー】 mooyaa "dancer".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji舞いん
Kanaもーいん
Romanizationmooin
Pronunciation (IPA)[moːiŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: mooyun ~ mooinβeta

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Neg. Perfective

Plain

PRED

mooyun
mooin

mootan

mooran

moorantan

ATT

mooyuru
mooiru

mootaru

Progressive

PRED

mootoon

mootootan

mooteewuran

mooteewurantan

ATT

mootooru

mootootaru

Causative

PRED

moorasun

moorachan

moorasan

moorasantan

ATT

moorasuru

mooracharu

Passive, Potential

PRED

moorariyun
moorariin

mooraritan
moorattan

moorariran
mooraran

moorarirantan
moorarantan

ATT

moorariyuru
moorariiru

mooraritaru
moorattaru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

mooteen

mooteetan

mooteeneen

mooteeneentan

ATT

mooteeru

mooteetaru

In preparation/in advance (-te oku)

PRED

mootoochun

mootoochan

mooteeukan

mooteeukantan

ATT

mootoochuru

mootoocharu

Desidirative (adjective paradigm)

PRED

mooi-busan

mooi-busatan

mooi-bushikoo neen

mooi-bushikoo neeran

mooi-bushikoo neentan

mooi-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

mooi-busaru

mooi-busataru

 

Affirmative

Negative

Volitional-Presumptive
(“let’s”)

moora

“seems”

mooyuru-haji
mooiru-haji

mooran-haji

Imperative-Prohibitive

moori

moonna

Conjunctive-Participle
(“te form”)

mooti

意味:まう【舞う】

+ amend/report

舞いん
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). もーいん【舞いん】 : mooin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 8, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/738/mooin/.