🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
いちちゅん【生ちちゅん】 : ichichun | define meaning
ichichun
Pronunciation: [ʔit͡ɕit͡ɕuŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
- To live
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 "Alive, Itch-it'chee" and "Alive, to be. It'ch-chawng".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kanji | 生ちちゅん |
| Kana | いちちゅん |
| Romanization | ichichun |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔit͡ɕit͡ɕuŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
ichichun |
ichichan |
ichikan |
ichikantan |
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ATT |
ichichuru |
ichicharu |
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Progressive |
PRED |
ichichoon |
ichichootan |
ichicheewuran |
ichicheewurantan |
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ATT |
ichichooru |
ichichootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
ichikasun |
ichikachan |
ichikasan |
ichikasantan |
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ATT |
ichikasuru |
ichikacharu |
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Passive and Potential |
PRED |
ichikariyun, |
ichikaritan, |
ichikariran, |
ichikarirantan, |
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ATT |
ichikariyuru, |
ichikaritaru, |
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Causative-Passive |
PRED |
ichikasariyun, |
ichikasaritan |
ichikasariran |
ichikasarirantan |
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ATT |
ichikasariyuru, |
ichikasariraru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
ichicheen |
ichicheetan |
ichicheeneen |
ichicheeneentan |
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ATT |
ichicheeru |
ichicheetaru |
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Preparatory |
PRED |
ichichoochun |
ichichoochan |
ichicheeukan |
ichicheeukantan |
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ATT |
ichichoochuru |
ichichoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
ichik- |
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Dictionary |
ichichun |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
ichichuru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
ichichu- |
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Adverbial |
ichichi |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
ichika |
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Conjunctive |
ichichi |
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Representative |
ichichai |
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Imperative |
ichiki, |
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Conditional |
ichikee |
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Form |
Construction |
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Conjecture |
ichichuru haji |
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So as to... |
ichichuru gutu |
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Before... |
ichichuru mee |
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While... |
ichichuru qweeda, ichinuru-qweema |
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Purpose |
ichichuru tami ni |
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Form |
Construction |
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Request |
ichichi-kwimisooree |
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Benefactive |
ichichi-kwiin |
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Completive |
ichichi-neen |
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Concessive conditional |
ichichi-n |
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After... |
ichichi-kara |
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After... |
ichichi-atu |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Desiderative |
PRED |
ichichi-busan |
ichichi-busantan |
ichichi-bushikoo neen, ichichi-bushikoo neeran |
ichichi-bushikoo neentan, ichichi-bushikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
ichichi-busaru |
ichichi-busataru |
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Easy to... |
PRED |
ichichi-yassan |
ichichi-yassantan |
ichichi-yashikoo neen, ichichi-yashikoo neeran |
ichichi-yashikoo neentan, ichichi-yashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
ichichi-yassaru |
ichichi-yassataru |
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Hard to... |
PRED |
ichichi-gurisan |
ichichi-gurisantan |
ichichi-gurikoo neen, ichichi-gurikoo neeran |
ichichi-gurikoo neentan, ichichi-gurikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
ichichi-gurisaru |
ichichi-gurisataru |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Exalting |
PRED |
ichichi-misheen |
ichichi-misheentan |
ichichi-misooran |
ichichi-misoorantan |
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ATT |
ichichi-misheeru |
ichichi-misheetaru, |
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Form |
Construction |
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While (simultaneously)... |
ichichi-gachii |
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Form |
Construction |
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Reported past |
ichichu-tan |
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Nominalizing |
ichichu-shi |
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Concessive |
ichichu-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
ichichu-kutu |
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Prohibitive |
ichichu-na |
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Provisional conditional |
ichichu-raa |
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Questions |
ichichu-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
ichichabiyun, |
ichichabitan |
ichichabiran |
ichichabirantan |
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ATT |
ichichabiyuru, |
ichichabitaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
ichichumi |
ichichii |
ichikani |
ichikantii |
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：いきる【生きる】