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うとぅらさん : uturasan | define meaning
uturasan
Pronunciation: [ʔutuɾasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Scary; terrifying; frightening
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese おそろしい【恐ろしい】 osoroshii "terrible, frightening".
Notes
Conjugates as a -shiku adjective.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kana | うとぅらさん |
| New Okinawa Moji | う婢らさん |
| Romanization | uturasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔutuɾasaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
uturasan, uturashan† |
uturasatan, uturashatan† |
uturashikoo neen, uturashikoo neeran |
uturashikoo neentan, uturashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
uturasaru |
uturasataru, uturashataru† |
uturashikoo neentaru, uturashikoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
utura- |
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Dictionary |
uturasan, uturashan† |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
uturasaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
uturasa- |
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Noun form |
uturasa |
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Adverbial form |
uturashiku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
uturashikoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
uturashikoo |
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Conjunctive |
uturasati, uturashati† |
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Continuative |
uturasai |
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Conditional |
uturasaree |
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Provisional conditional |
uturasaraa |
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Consequential |
uturasanu, uturashanu† |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
uturati-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
uturashiku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
uturasa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
uturasaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
uturasa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
uturasa-shi |
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Inferential |
uturasa sun |
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Questions |
uturasa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
uturasayabiyun†, uturasaibiyun†, |
uturasayabitan†, uturasaibitan |
uturashikoo neeyabiran†, uturashikoo neebiran |
uturashikoo neeyabirantan†, uturashikoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
uturasayabiyuru†, uturasaibiyuru†, |
uturasayabitaru, uturasaibitaru |
uturashikoo neeyabirantaru†, uturashikoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
uturasami, uturashami† |
uturasatii, uturashatii |
uturashikoo neeni, uturashikoo neerani |
uturashikoo neentii, uturashikoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
uturasan nee sun, uturashan nee sun† |
uturasatan nee sun, uturashatan nee sun† |
uturashikoo neen nee sun, uturashikoo neeran nee sun |
uturashikoo neentan nee sun, uturashikoo 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：こわい【怖い】、おそろしい【恐ろしい】