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うらげーいん【裏返いん】

urageein

Pronunciation: [ʔuɾaɡeːiŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To be turned over; to be flipped over
  2. To be inside out; to be inverted; to be upside down; to be flipped

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji裏返いん
Kanaうらげーいん
Romanizationurageein
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔuɾaɡeːiŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: urageeyun ~ urageein

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

urageeyun,

urageein

urageetan

urageeran

urageerantan

ATT

urageeyuru,

urageeiru

urageetaru

Progressive

PRED

urageetoon

urageetootan

urageeteewuran

urageeteewurantan

ATT

urageetooru

urageetootaru

Causative

PRED

urageerasun

urageerachan

urageerasan

urageerasantan

ATT

urageerasuru

urageeracharu

Passive and Potential

PRED

urageerariyun,
urageerariin

urageeraritan,
urageerattan

urageerariran,
urageeraran

urageerarirantan,
urageeraratan

ATT

urageerariyuru,
urageerariiru

urageeraritaru,
urageerattaru

Causative-Passive

PRED

urageerasariyun,
urageerasariin

urageerasaritan

urageerasariran

urageerasarirantan

ATT

urageerasariyuru,
urageerasariiru

urageerasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

urageeteen

urageeteetan

urageeteeneen

urageeteeneentan

ATT

urageeteeru

urageeteetaru

Preparatory

PRED

urageetoochun

urageetoochan

urageeteeukan

urageeteeukantan

ATT

urageetoochuru

urageetoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

urageer-

Dictionary

urageeyun,

urageein

Attributive or Adnominal

urageeyuru,

urageeiru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

urageeyu-,

urageei-

Adverbial

urageei

Volitional-Presumptive

urageera

Conjunctive

urageeti

Representative

urageetai

Imperative

urageeri,
urageeree

Conditional

urageeree

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

Conjecture

urageeyuru haji,

urageeiru haji

So as to...

urageeyuru gutu,

urageeiru gutu

Before...

urageeyuru mee,

urageeiru mee

While...

urageeyuru qweeda, urageeyuru-qweema,

urageeiru qweeda, urageeiru-qweema

Purpose

urageeyuru tami ni,

urageeiru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Request

urageeti-kwimisooree

Benefactive

urageeti-kwiin

Completive

urageeti-neen

Concessive conditional

urageeti-n

After...

urageeti-kara

After...

urageeti-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Desiderative

PRED

urageei-busan

urageei-busantan

urageei-bushikoo neen,

urageei-bushikoo neeran

urageei-bushikoo neentan,

urageei-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

urageei-busaru

urageei-busataru

Easy to...

PRED

urageei-yassan

urageei-yassantan

urageei-yashikoo neen,

urageei-yashikoo neeran

urageei-yashikoo neentan,

urageei-yashikoo neerantan

ATT

urageei-yassaru

urageei-yassataru

Hard to...

PRED

urageei-gurisan

urageei-gurisantan

urageei-gurikoo neen,

urageei-gurikoo neeran

urageei-gurikoo neentan,

urageei-gurikoo neerantan

ATT

urageei-gurisaru

urageei-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Exalting

PRED

urageei-misheen,

uragee-misheen

urageei-misheentan,

uragee-misheentan

urageei-misooran,

uragee-misooran

urageei-misoorantan,

uragee-misoorantan

ATT

urageei-misheeru,

uragee-misheeru

urageei-misheetaru,

uragee-misheetaru,

urageei-misoocharu,

uragee-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

While (simultaneously)...

urageei-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Reported past

urageeyu-tan,

urageei-tan

Nominalizing

urageeyu-shi,

urageei-shi

Concessive

urageeyu-shiga,

urageei-shiga

Cause-effect

urageeyu-kutu,

urageei-kutu

Prohibitive

urageeyu-na,

urageei-na

Provisional conditional

urageeyu-ra

urageei-ra

Questions

urageeyu-ga,

urageei-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

urageeyabiyun,
urageeyabiin,

urageeibiyun,
urageeibiin

urageeyabitan,

urageeibitan

urageeyabiran,

urageeibiran

urageeyabirantan,

urageeibirantan

ATT

urageeyabiyuru,
urageeyabiiru,

urageeibiyuru,
urageeibiiru

urageeyabitaru,

urageeibitaru

Polar questions

PRED

urageeyumi,

urageeimi

urageetii

urageerani

urageerantii

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.

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, October 19). うらげーいん【裏返いん】 : urageein | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7732/urageein/.