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あぐぬん【倦ぬん・厭ぬん】

agunun

Pronunciation: [ʔaɡunuŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To be fed up; to be sick of; to be tired of; to not be interested in

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese あぐむ【倦む・厭む】 agumu "to not be interested in".

Notes

This verb is normally appended to another verb in its nominal or adverbial form.

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji倦ぬん
厭ぬん
Kanaあぐぬん
Romanizationagunun
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔaɡunuŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan mu-type verb: agumun ~ agunun

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

agumun,
agunun

agudan

aguman

agumantan

ATT

agumuru,
agunuru

agudaru

Progressive

PRED

agudoon

agudootan

agudeewuran

agudeewurantan

ATT

agudooru

agudootaru

Causative

PRED

agumasun

agumachan

agumasan

agumasantan

ATT

agumasuru

agumacharu

Passive and Potential

PRED

agumariyun,
agumariin

agumaritan,
agumattan

agumariran,
agumaran

agumarirantan,
agumaratan

ATT

agumariyuru,
agumariiru

agumaritaru,
agumattaru

Causative-Passive

PRED

agumasariyun,
agumasariin

agumasaritan

agumasariran

agumasarirantan

ATT

agumasariyuru,
agumasariiru

agumasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

agudeen

agudeetan

agudeeneen

agudeeneentan

ATT

agudeeru

agudeetaru

Preparatory

PRED

agudoochun

agudoochan

agudeeukan

agudeeukantan

ATT

agudoochuru

agudoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

agum-

Dictionary

agumun,
agunun

Attributive or Adnominal

agumuru,
agunuru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

agumu-,
agunu-

Adverbial

agumi

Volitional-Presumptive

aguma

Conjunctive

agudi

Representative

agudai

Imperative

agumi,
agumee

Conditional

agumee

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

Conjecture

agumuru haji,
agunuru haji

So as to...

agumuru gutu,
agunuru gutu

Before...

agumuru mee,
agunuru mee

While...

agumuru qweeda, agumuru-qweema,
agunuru qweeda, agunuru-qweema

Purpose

agumuru tami ni,
agunuru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Request

agudi-kwimisooree

Benefactive

agudi-kwiin

Completive

agudi-neen

Concessive conditional

agudi-n

After...

agudi-kara

After...

agudi-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Desiderative

PRED

agumi-busan

agumi-busantan

agumi-bushikoo neen,

agumi-bushikoo neeran

agumi-bushikoo neentan,

agumi-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

agumi-busaru

agumi-busataru

Easy to...

PRED

agumi-yassan

agumi-yassantan

agumi-yashikoo neen,

agumi-yashikoo neeran

agumi-yashikoo neentan,

agumi-yashikoo neerantan

ATT

agumi-yassaru

agumi-yassataru

Hard to...

PRED

agumi-gurisan

agumi-gurisantan

agumi-gurikoo neen,

agumi-gurikoo neeran

agumi-gurikoo neentan,

agumi-gurikoo neerantan

ATT

agumi-gurisaru

agumi-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Exalting

PRED

agumi-misheen

agumi-misheentan

agumi-misooran

agumi-misoorantan

ATT

agumi-misheeru

agumi-misheetaru,
agumi-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

While (simultaneously)...

agumi-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Reported past

agumu-tan

Nominalizing

agumu-shi

Concessive

agumu-shiga

Cause-effect

agumu-kutu

Prohibitive

agumu-na

Provisional conditional

agumu-raa

Questions

agumu-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

agumabiyun,
agumabiin

agumabitan

agumabiran

agumabirantan

ATT

agumabiyuru,
agumabiiru

agumabitaru

Polar questions

PRED

agumumi

agudii

agumani

agumantii

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, December 24). あぐぬん【倦ぬん・厭ぬん】 : agunun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 4, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8213/agunun/.