🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
むちゅん【持ちゅん】 : muchun | define meaning
muchun
Pronunciation: [mut͡ɕuŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
- To have; to carry; to take; to bring; to hold
- かさむちゅん【傘持ちゅん】
kasa muchun
"to take an umbrella" - むっちくー【持っちくー】
mucchi kuu
"bring it to me"
- かさむちゅん【傘持ちゅん】
- To posess; to own; to have
- To manage; to maintain; to run; to operate
- やーむちゅん【家持ちゅん】
yaa muchun
"to maintain a home"
- やーむちゅん【家持ちゅん】
- (Said of a woman) To be married
- をぅとぅむちゅん【夫持ちゅん】
wutu muchun
"(she is) married", "(she) has a husband"
- をぅとぅむちゅん【夫持ちゅん】
- To have (a child); to be pregnant; to give birth
- っくゎむちゅん【子持ちゅん】
kkwa muchun
"to have a child"
- っくゎむちゅん【子持ちゅん】
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese もつ【持つ】 motsu "to have, to carry".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Bring here. Moot'chee coo", "Give me that pencil. Hoódee moot'choo", and "Carry to, or take away. Moótchee eéchoong".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 持ちゅん |
| Kana | むちゅん |
| Romanization | muchun |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [mut͡ɕuŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
muchun |
mucchan |
mutan |
mutantan |
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ATT |
muchuru |
muccharu |
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Progressive |
PRED |
mucchoon |
mucchootan |
muccheewuran |
muccheewurantan |
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ATT |
mucchooru |
mucchootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
mutasun |
mutachan |
mutasan |
mutasantan |
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ATT |
mutasuru |
mutacharu |
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Passive and Potential |
PRED |
mutariyun, |
mutaritan, |
mutariran, |
mutarirantan, |
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ATT |
mutariyuru, |
mutaritaru, |
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Causative-Passive |
PRED |
mutasariyun, |
mutasaritan |
mutasariran |
mutasarirantan |
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ATT |
munasariyuru, |
munasariraru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
muccheen |
muccheetan |
muccheeneen |
muccheeneentan |
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ATT |
muccheeru |
muccheetaru |
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Preparatory |
PRED |
mucchoochun |
mucchoochan |
muccheeukan |
muccheeukantan |
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ATT |
mucchoochuru |
mucchoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
mut- |
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Dictionary |
muchun |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
muchuru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
muchu- |
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Adverbial |
muchi |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
muta |
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Conjunctive |
mucchi |
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Representative |
mucchai |
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Imperative |
muti, |
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Conditional |
mutee |
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Form |
Construction |
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Conjecture |
muchuru haji |
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So as to... |
muchuru gutu |
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Before... |
muchuru mee |
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While... |
muchuru qweeda, muchuru-qweema |
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Purpose |
muchuru tami ni |
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Form |
Construction |
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Request |
mucchi-kwimisooree |
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Benefactive |
mucchi-kwiin |
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Completive |
mucchi-neen |
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Concessive conditional |
mucchi-n |
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After... |
mucchi-kara |
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After... |
mucchi-atu |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Desiderative |
PRED |
muchi-busan |
muchi-busantan |
muchi-bushikoo neen, muchi-bushikoo neeran |
muchi-bushikoo neentan, muchi-bushikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
muchi-busaru |
muchi-busataru |
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Easy to... |
PRED |
muchi-yassan |
muchi-yassantan |
muchi-yashikoo neen, muchi-yashikoo neeran |
muchi-yashikoo neentan, muchi-yashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
muchi-yassaru |
muchi-yassataru |
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Hard to... |
PRED |
muchi-gurisan |
muchi-gurisantan |
muchi-gurikoo neen, muchi-gurikoo neeran |
muchi-gurikoo neentan, muchi-gurikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
muchi-gurisaru |
muchi-gurisataru |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Exalting |
PRED |
muchi-misheen |
muchi-misheentan |
muchi-misooran |
muchi-misoorantan |
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ATT |
muchi-misheeru |
muchi-misheetaru, |
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Form |
Construction |
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While (simultaneously)... |
muchi-gachii |
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Form |
Construction |
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Reported past |
muchu-tan |
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Nominalizing |
muchu-shi |
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Concessive |
muchu-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
muchu-kutu |
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Prohibitive |
muchu-na |
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Provisional conditional |
muchu-raa |
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Questions |
muchu-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
mutabiyun, |
mutabitan |
mutabiran |
mutabirantan |
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ATT |
mutabiyuru, |
mutabitaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
muchumi |
mucchii |
mutani |
mutantii |
Verb 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：もつ【持つ】、きりもりする【切り盛りする】、とつぐ【嫁ぐ】