🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
うりーん【降りーん・下りーん】 : uriin | define meaning
uriin
Pronunciation: [ʔuɾiːŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
- To descend; to go down; to come down
- てぃんからうりーん【天から降りーん】
tin kara uriin
"To descend from the heavens"
- てぃんからうりーん【天から降りーん】
- To get off; to step off; to disembark
- ふにからうりーん【船から降りーん】
funi kara uriin
"To get off the boat"
- ふにからうりーん【船から降りーん】
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese おりる【降りる・下りる】 oriru "to descend".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Come, to, down a hill. Oódeeyoong".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kanji | 降りーん 下りーん |
| Kana | うりーん |
| Romanization | uriin |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔuɾiːŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
uriyun, uriin |
uritan |
uriran |
urirantan |
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ATT |
uriyuru, uriiru |
uritaru |
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Progressive |
PRED |
uritoon |
uritootan |
uriteewuran |
uriteewurantan |
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ATT |
uritooru |
uritootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
urirasun |
urirachan |
urirasan |
urirasantan |
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ATT |
urirasuru |
uriracharu |
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Passive and Potential |
PRED |
urirariyun, |
uriraritan, |
urirariran, |
urirarirantan, |
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ATT |
urirariyuru, |
uriraritaru, |
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Causative-Passive |
PRED |
urirasariyun, |
urirasaritan |
urirasariran |
urirasarirantan |
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ATT |
urirasariyuru, |
urirasariraru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
uriteen |
uriteetan |
uriteeneen |
uriteeneentan |
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ATT |
uriteeru |
uriteetaru |
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Preparatory |
PRED |
uritoochun |
uritoochan |
uriteeukan |
uriteeukantan |
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ATT |
uritoochuru |
uritoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
urir- |
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Dictionary |
uriyun, uriin |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
uriyuru, uriiru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
uriyu-, urii- |
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Adverbial |
urii |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
urira |
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Conjunctive |
uriti |
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Representative |
uritai |
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Imperative |
uriri, |
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Conditional |
uriree |
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Form |
Construction |
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Conjecture |
uriyuru haji, uriiru haji |
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So as to... |
uriyuru gutu, uriiru gutu |
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Before... |
uriyuru mee, uriiru mee |
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While... |
uriyuru qweeda, uriyuru-qweema, uriiru qweeda, uriiru-qweema |
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Purpose |
uriyuru tami ni, uriiru tami ni |
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Form |
Construction |
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Request |
uriti-kwimisooree |
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Benefactive |
uriti-kwiin |
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Completive |
uriti-neen |
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Concessive conditional |
uriti-n |
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After... |
uriti-kara |
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After... |
uriti-atu |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Desiderative |
PRED |
urii-busan |
urii-busantan |
urii-bushikoo neen, urii-bushikoo neeran |
urii-bushikoo neentan, urii-bushikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
urii-busaru |
urii-busataru |
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Easy to... |
PRED |
urii-yassan |
urii-yassantan |
urii-yashikoo neen, urii-yashikoo neeran |
urii-yashikoo neentan, urii-yashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
urii-yassaru |
urii-yassataru |
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Hard to... |
PRED |
urii-gurisan |
urii-gurisantan |
urii-gurikoo neen, urii-gurikoo neeran |
urii-gurikoo neentan, urii-gurikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
urii-gurisaru |
urii-gurisataru |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Exalting |
PRED |
urii-misheen, uri-misheen |
urii-misheentan, uri-misheentan |
urii-misooran, uri-misooran |
urii-misoorantan, uri-misoorantan |
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ATT |
urii-misheeru, uri-misheeru |
urii-misheetaru, uri-misheetaru, urii-misoocharu, uri-misoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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While (simultaneously)... |
urii-gachii |
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Form |
Construction |
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Reported past |
uriyu-tan, urii-tan |
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Nominalizing |
uriyu-shi, urii-shi |
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Concessive |
uriyu-shiga, urii-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
uriyu-kutu, urii-kutu |
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Prohibitive |
uriyu-na, urii-na |
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Provisional conditional |
uriyu-ra urii-ra |
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Questions |
uriyu-ga, urii-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
uriyabiyun, uriibiyun, |
uriyabitan, uriibitan |
uriyabiran, uriibiran |
uriyabirantan, uriibirantan |
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ATT |
uriyabiyuru, uriibiyuru, |
uriyabitaru, uriibitaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
uriyumi, uriimi |
uritii |
urirani |
urirantii |
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：おりる【降りる・下りる】