🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
っんぶさん・ぅんぶさん【重さん】 : qnbusan · 'nbusan | define meaning
qnbusan · 'nbusan
Pronunciation: [ʔm̩busan]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Heavy
- くぬかーみーやでーじっんぶさん【くぬ亀やでーじ重さん】
kunu kaamii ya deeji qnbusan
"This turtle is so heavy"
- くぬかーみーやでーじっんぶさん【くぬ亀やでーじ重さん】
- Sluggish; lethargic; weary; worn out
Etymology
Cognate with Kagoshima おび obi and おっか okka; Okinawan っんぶさん qnbusan; and standard Japanese おもい【重い】 omoi "heavy".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Heavy. Boósa".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 重さん |
| Kana | っんぶさん ぅんぶさん |
| New Okinawa Moji | 望ぶさん |
| Romanization | qnbusan ʔnbusan 'nbusan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔm̩busan] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
qnbusan |
qnbusatan |
qnbukoo neen, qnbukoo neeran |
qnbukoo neentan, qnbukoo neerantan |
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ATT |
qnbusaru |
qnbusataru |
qnbukoo neentaru, qnbukoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
qnbu- |
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Dictionary |
qnbusan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
qnbusaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
qnbusa- |
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Noun form |
qnbusa |
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Adverbial form |
qnbuku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
qnbukoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
qnbukoo |
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Conjunctive |
qnbusati |
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Continuative |
qnbusai |
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Conditional |
qnbusaree |
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Provisional conditional |
qnbusaraa |
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Consequential |
qnbusanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
qnbuti-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
qnbuku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
qnbusa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
qnbusaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
qnbusa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
qnbusa-shi |
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Inferential |
qnbusa sun |
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Questions |
qnbusa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
qnbusayabiyun†, qnbusaibiyun†, |
qnbusayabitan†, qnbusaibitan |
qnbukoo neeyabiran†, qnbukoo neebiran |
qnbukoo neeyabirantan†, qnbukoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
qnbusayabiyuru†, qnbusaibiyuru†, |
qnbusayabitaru, qnbusaibitaru |
qnbukoo neeyabirantaru†, qnbukoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
qnbusami |
qnbusatii |
qnbukoo neeni, qnbukoo neerani |
qnbukoo neentii, qnbukoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
qnbusan nee sun |
qnbusatan nee sun |
qnbukoo neen nee sun, qnbukoo neeran nee sun |
qnbukoo neentan nee sun, qnbukoo 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：おもい【重い】、おもたい【重たい】