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まぎさん : magisan | define meaning

magisan

Pronunciation: [maɡisaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

Large; big
1. やーや、まぎさん【家や、まぎさん】
  yaa-ya magisan
  "The house is big"
2. まぎさるやーやん【まぎさる家やん】
  magisaru yaa yan
  "It is a big house"
3. あぬをぅーうしぇー、まぎさんやー
  anu wuu ushee, magisan yaa
  "That bull is so big"

Etymology

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Belly, big. Wátta mágesa".

Notes

Derived terms:

まぎさ magisa "largeness", "dimension", "size".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kana	まぎさん
Romanization	magisan
Pronunciation (IPA)	[maɡisaŋ̍]

意味：おおきい【大きい】、ふとい【太い】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 1). まぎさん : magisan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/747/magisan/.