🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ふぃじゅん : fijun | define meaning
fijun
Pronunciation: [ɸid͡ʑuŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
- To shave
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 "Cut, to. Cheéoong, or feéoong, or feéjoong".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kana | ふぃじゅん |
| New Okinawa Moji | 懲じゅん |
| Romanization | fijun |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸid͡ʑuŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
fijun |
fijan |
figan |
figantan |
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ATT |
fijuru |
fijaru |
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Progressive |
PRED |
fijoon |
fijootan |
fijeewuran |
fijeewurantan |
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ATT |
fijooru |
fijootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
figasun |
figachan |
figasan |
figasantan |
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ATT |
figasuru |
figacharu |
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Passive and Potential |
PRED |
figariyun, |
figaritan, |
figariran, |
figarirantan, |
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ATT |
figariyuru, |
figaritaru, |
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Causative-Passive |
PRED |
figasariyun, |
figasaritan |
figasariran |
figasarirantan |
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ATT |
figasariyuru, |
figasariraru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
fijeen |
fijeetan |
fijeeneen |
fijeeneentan |
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ATT |
fijeeru |
fijeetaru |
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Preparatory |
PRED |
fijoochun |
fijoochan |
fijeeukan |
fijeeukantan |
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ATT |
fijoochuru |
fijoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
fig- |
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Dictionary |
fijun |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
fijuru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
fiju- |
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Adverbial |
fiji |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
figa |
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Conjunctive |
fiji |
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Representative |
fijai |
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Imperative |
figi, |
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Conditional |
figee |
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Form |
Construction |
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Conjecture |
fijuru haji |
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So as to... |
fijuru gutu |
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Before... |
fijuru mee |
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While... |
fijuru qweeda, fijuru-qweema |
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Purpose |
fijuru tami ni |
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Form |
Construction |
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Request |
fiji-kwimisooree |
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Benefactive |
fiji-kwiin |
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Completive |
fiji-neen |
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Concessive conditional |
fiji-n |
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After... |
fiji-kara |
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After... |
fiji-atu |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Desiderative |
PRED |
fiji-busan |
fiji-busantan |
fiji-bushikoo neen, fiji-bushikoo neeran |
fiji-bushikoo neentan, fiji-bushikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
fiji-busaru |
fiji-busataru |
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Easy to... |
PRED |
fiji-yassan |
fiji-yassantan |
fiji-yashikoo neen, fiji-yashikoo neeran |
fiji-yashikoo neentan, fiji-yashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
fiji-yassaru |
fiji-yassataru |
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Hard to... |
PRED |
fiji-gurisan |
fiji-gurisantan |
fiji-gurikoo neen, fiji-gurikoo neeran |
fiji-gurikoo neentan, fiji-gurikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
fiji-gurisaru |
fiji-gurisataru |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Exalting |
PRED |
fiji-misheen |
fiji-misheentan |
fiji-misooran |
fiji-misoorantan |
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ATT |
fiji-misheeru |
fiji-misheetaru, |
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Form |
Construction |
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While (simultaneously)... |
fiji-gachii |
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Form |
Construction |
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Reported past |
fiju-tan |
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Nominalizing |
fiju-shi |
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Concessive |
fiju-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
fiju-kutu |
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Prohibitive |
fiju-na |
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Provisional conditional |
fiju-raa |
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Questions |
fiju-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
fijabiyun, |
fijabitan |
fijabiran |
fijabirantan |
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ATT |
fijabiyuru, |
fijabitaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
fijumi |
fijii |
figani |
figantii |
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：けずる【削る・梳る】、そぐ【削ぐ・殺ぐ】