🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
しぷからさん【塩辛さん】 : shipukarasan | define meaning
shipukarasan
Pronunciation: [ɕipukaɾasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Salty
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese からい【辛い】 karai "spicy".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Salt water. Spookarása Meézee" and "Salt to the taste. Spookarása".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 塩辛さん |
| Kana | しぷからさん |
| Romanization | shipukarasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɕipukaɾasaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
shipukarasan |
shipukarasatan |
shipukarakoo neen, shipukarakoo neeran |
shipukarakoo neentan, shipukarakoo neerantan |
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ATT |
shipukarasaru |
shipukarasataru |
shipukarakoo neentaru, shipukarakoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
shipukara- |
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Dictionary |
shipukarasan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
shipukarasaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
shipukarasa- |
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Noun form |
shipukarasa |
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Adverbial form |
shipukaraku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
shipukarakoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
shipukarakoo |
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Conjunctive |
shipukarasati |
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Continuative |
shipukarasai |
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Conditional |
shipukarasaree |
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Provisional conditional |
shipukarasaraa |
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Consequential |
shipukarasanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
shipukarati-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
shipukaraku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
shipukarasa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
shipukarasaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
shipukarasa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
shipukarasa-shi |
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Inferential |
shipukarasa sun |
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Questions |
shipukarasa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
shipukarasayabiyun†, shipukarasaibiyun†, |
shipukarasayabitan†, shipukarasaibitan |
shipukarakoo neeyabiran†, shipukarakoo neebiran |
shipukarakoo neeyabirantan†, shipukarakoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
shipukarasayabiyuru†, shipukarasaibiyuru†, |
shipukarasayabitaru, shipukarasaibitaru |
shipukarakoo neeyabirantaru†, shipukarakoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
shipukarasami |
shipukarasatii |
shipukarakoo neeni, shipukarakoo neerani |
shipukarakoo neentii, shipukarakoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
shipukarasan nee sun |
shipukarasatan nee sun |
shipukarakoo neen nee sun, shipukarakoo neeran nee sun |
shipukarakoo neentan nee sun, shipukarakoo 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：しおからい【塩辛い】、しょっぱい【塩っぱい】