🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
みーさん : miisan | define meaning
miisan
Pronunciation: [miːsaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
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| Orthography | Form |
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| Kana | みーさん |
| Romanization | miisan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [miːsaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
miisan |
miisatan |
miikoo neen, miikoo neeran |
miikoo neentan, miikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
miisaru |
miisataru |
miikoo neentaru, miikoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
mii- |
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Dictionary |
miisan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
miisaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
miisa- |
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Noun form |
miisa |
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Adverbial form |
miiku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
miikoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
miikoo |
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Conjunctive |
miisati |
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Continuative |
miisai |
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Conditional |
miisaree |
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Provisional conditional |
miisaraa |
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Consequential |
miisanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
miiti-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
miiku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
miisa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
miisaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
miisa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
miisa-shi |
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Inferential |
miisa sun |
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Questions |
miisa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
miisayabiyun†, miisaibiyun†, |
miisayabitan†, miisaibitan |
miikoo neeyabiran†, miikoo neebiran |
miikoo neeyabirantan†, miikoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
miisayabiyuru†, miisaibiyuru†, |
miisayabitaru, miisaibitaru |
miikoo neeyabirantaru†, miikoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
miisami |
miisatii |
miikoo neeni, miikoo neerani |
miikoo neentii, miikoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
miisan nee sun |
miisatan nee sun |
miikoo neen nee sun, miikoo neeran nee sun |
miikoo neentan nee sun, miikoo 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.
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