🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ふすん【干すん】 : fusun | define meaning
fusun
Pronunciation: [ɸusuŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
- To dry; to hang dry; to hang out to dry
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese ほす【干す】 hosu "to dry".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Dry, to, powder. Eénshoo foóshoong".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kanji | 干すん |
| Kana | ふすん |
| Romanization | fusun |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸusuŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
fusun |
fuchan |
fusan |
fusantan |
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ATT |
fusuru |
fucharu |
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Progressive |
PRED |
fuchoon |
fuchootan |
fucheewuran |
fucheewurantan |
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ATT |
fuchooru |
fuchootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
fusasun |
fusachan |
fusasan |
fusasantan |
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ATT |
fusasuru |
fusacharu |
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Passive and Potential |
PRED |
fusariyun, |
fusaritan, |
fusariran, |
fusarirantan, |
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ATT |
fusariyuru, |
fusaritaru, |
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Causative-Passive |
PRED |
fusasariyun, |
fusasaritan |
fusasariran |
fusasarirantan |
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ATT |
fusasariyuru, |
fusasariraru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
fucheen |
fucheetan |
fucheeneen |
fucheeneentan |
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ATT |
fucheeru |
fucheetaru |
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Preparatory |
PRED |
fuchoochun |
fuchoochan |
fucheeukan |
fucheeukantan |
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ATT |
fuchoochuru |
fuchoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
fus- |
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Dictionary |
fusun |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
fusuru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
fusu- |
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Adverbial |
fushi |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
fusa |
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Conjunctive |
fuchi |
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Representative |
fuchai |
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Imperative |
fushi, |
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Conditional |
fushee |
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Form |
Construction |
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Conjecture |
fusuru haji |
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So as to... |
fusuru gutu |
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Before... |
fusuru mee |
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While... |
fusuru qweeda, fusuru-qweema |
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Purpose |
fusuru tami ni |
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Form |
Construction |
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Request |
fuchi-kwimisooree |
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Benefactive |
fuchi-kwiin |
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Completive |
fuchi-neen |
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Concessive conditional |
fuchi-n |
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After... |
fuchi-kara |
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After... |
fuchi-atu |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Desiderative |
PRED |
fushi-busan |
fushi-busantan |
fushi-bushikoo neen, fushi-bushikoo neeran |
fushi-bushikoo neentan, fushi-bushikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
fushi-busaru |
fushi-busataru |
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Easy to... |
PRED |
fushi-yassan |
fushi-yassantan |
fushi-yashikoo neen, fushi-yashikoo neeran |
fushi-yashikoo neentan, fushi-yashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
fushi-yassaru |
fushi-yassataru |
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Hard to... |
PRED |
fushi-gurisan |
fushi-gurisantan |
fushi-gurikoo neen, fushi-gurikoo neeran |
fushi-gurikoo neentan, fushi-gurikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
fushi-gurisaru |
fushi-gurisataru |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Exalting |
PRED |
fushi-misheen |
fushi-misheentan |
fushi-misooran |
fushi-misoorantan |
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ATT |
fushi-misheeru |
fushi-misheetaru, |
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Form |
Construction |
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While (simultaneously)... |
fushi-gachii |
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Form |
Construction |
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Reported past |
fusu-tan |
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Nominalizing |
fusu-shi |
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Concessive |
fusu-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
fusu-kutu |
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Prohibitive |
fusu-na |
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Provisional conditional |
fusu-raa |
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Questions |
fusu-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
fusabiyun, |
fusabitan |
fusabiran |
fusabirantan |
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ATT |
fusabiyuru, |
fusabitaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
fushumi |
fuchii |
fusani |
fusantii |
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：ほす【干す】