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🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すぐいん

suguin

Pronunciation: [suɡuiŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To hit; to beat; to strike

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 "Beat, to. Soó-go-yoong".

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OrthographyForm
Kanaすぐいん
Romanizationsuguin
Pronunciation (IPA)[suɡuiŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: suguyun ~ suguin

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

suguyun,

suguin

sugutan

suguran

sugurantan

ATT

suguyuru,

suguiru

sugutaru

Progressive

PRED

sugutoon

sugutootan

suguteewuran

suguteewurantan

ATT

sugutooru

sugutootaru

Causative

PRED

sugurasun

sugurachan

sugurasan

sugurasantan

ATT

sugurasuru

suguracharu

Passive and Potential

PRED

sugurariyun,
sugurariin

suguraritan,
sugurattan

sugurariran,
suguraran

sugurarirantan,
suguraratan

ATT

sugurariyuru,
sugurariiru

suguraritaru,
sugurattaru

Causative-Passive

PRED

sugurasariyun,
sugurasariin

sugurasaritan

sugurasariran

sugurasarirantan

ATT

sugurasariyuru,
sugurasariiru

sugurasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

suguteen

suguteetan

suguteeneen

suguteeneentan

ATT

suguteeru

suguteetaru

Preparatory

PRED

sugutoochun

sugutoochan

suguteeukan

suguteeukantan

ATT

sugutoochuru

sugutoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

sugur-

Dictionary

suguyun,

suguin

Attributive or Adnominal

suguyuru,

suguiru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

suguyu-,

sugui-

Adverbial

sugui

Volitional-Presumptive

sugura

Conjunctive

suguti

Representative

sugutai

Imperative

suguri,
suguree

Conditional

suguree

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

Conjecture

suguyuru haji,

suguiru haji

So as to...

suguyuru gutu,

suguiru gutu

Before...

suguyuru mee,

suguiru mee

While...

suguyuru qweeda, suguyuru-qweema,

suguiru qweeda, suguiru-qweema

Purpose

suguyuru tami ni,

suguiru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Request

suguti-kwimisooree

Benefactive

suguti-kwiin

Completive

suguti-neen

Concessive conditional

suguti-n

After...

suguti-kara

After...

suguti-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Desiderative

PRED

sugui-busan

sugui-busantan

sugui-bushikoo neen,

sugui-bushikoo neeran

sugui-bushikoo neentan,

sugui-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

sugui-busaru

sugui-busataru

Easy to...

PRED

sugui-yassan

sugui-yassantan

sugui-yashikoo neen,

sugui-yashikoo neeran

sugui-yashikoo neentan,

sugui-yashikoo neerantan

ATT

sugui-yassaru

sugui-yassataru

Hard to...

PRED

sugui-gurisan

sugui-gurisantan

sugui-gurikoo neen,

sugui-gurikoo neeran

sugui-gurikoo neentan,

sugui-gurikoo neerantan

ATT

sugui-gurisaru

sugui-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Exalting

PRED

sugui-misheen,

sugu-misheen

sugui-misheentan,

sugu-misheentan

sugui-misooran,

sugu-misooran

sugui-misoorantan,

sugu-misoorantan

ATT

sugui-misheeru,

sugu-misheeru

sugui-misheetaru,

sugu-misheetaru,

sugui-misoocharu,

sugu-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

While (simultaneously)...

sugui-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Reported past

suguyu-tan,

sugui-tan

Nominalizing

suguyu-shi,

sugui-shi

Concessive

suguyu-shiga,

sugui-shiga

Cause-effect

suguyu-kutu,

sugui-kutu

Prohibitive

suguyu-na,

sugui-na

Provisional conditional

suguyu-ra

sugui-ra

Questions

suguyu-ga,

sugui-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

suguyabiyun,
suguyabiin,

suguibiyun,
suguibiin

suguyabitan,

suguibitan

suguyabiran,

suguibiran

suguyabirantan,

suguibirantan

ATT

suguyabiyuru,
suguyabiiru,

suguibiyuru,
suguibiiru

suguyabitaru,

suguibitaru

Polar questions

PRED

suguyumi,

suguimi

sugutii

sugurani

sugurantii

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, November 11). すぐいん : suguin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7833/suguin/.