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とーりーん【倒りーん・斃りーん・仆りーん・殪りーん】

tooriin

Pronunciation: [toːɾiːŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To fall
  2. To collapse
  3. To die; to perish
  4. To go bankrupt

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese たおれる【倒れる・斃れる・仆れる・殪れる】 taoreru "to fall".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

  • Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Fall, to. Taw'shoong, or Taw'ring" and "The horse fell down, and the tayin broke his finger. Ma táwrittee táyin noo eébee oótee".

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OrthographyForm
Kanji倒りーん
斃りーん
仆りーん
殪りーん
Kanaとーりーん
Romanizationtooriin
Pronunciation (IPA)[toːɾiːŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: tooriyun ~ tooriin

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

tooriyun,

tooriin

tooritan

tooriran

toorirantan

ATT

tooriyuru,

tooriiru

tooritaru

Progressive

PRED

tooritoon

tooritootan

tooriteewuran

tooriteewurantan

ATT

tooritooru

tooritootaru

Causative

PRED

toorirasun

toorirachan

toorirasan

toorirasantan

ATT

toorirasuru

tooriracharu

Passive and Potential

PRED

toorirariyun,
toorirariin

tooriraritan,
toorirattan

toorirariran,
tooriraran

toorirarirantan,
tooriraratan

ATT

toorirariyuru,
toorirariiru

tooriraritaru,
toorirattaru

Causative-Passive

PRED

toorirasariyun,
toorirasariin

toorirasaritan

toorirasariran

toorirasarirantan

ATT

toorirasariyuru,
toorirasariiru

toorirasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

tooriteen

tooriteetan

tooriteeneen

tooriteeneentan

ATT

tooriteeru

tooriteetaru

Preparatory

PRED

tooritoochun

tooritoochan

tooriteeukan

tooriteeukantan

ATT

tooritoochuru

tooritoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

toorir-

Dictionary

tooriyun,

tooriin

Attributive or Adnominal

tooriyuru,

tooriiru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

tooriyu-,

toorii-

Adverbial

toorii

Volitional-Presumptive

toorira

Conjunctive

tooriti

Representative

tooritai

Imperative

tooriri,
tooriree

Conditional

tooriree

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

Conjecture

tooriyuru haji,

tooriiru haji

So as to...

tooriyuru gutu,

tooriiru gutu

Before...

tooriyuru mee,

tooriiru mee

While...

tooriyuru qweeda, tooriyuru-qweema,

tooriiru qweeda, tooriiru-qweema

Purpose

tooriyuru tami ni,

tooriiru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Request

tooriti-kwimisooree

Benefactive

tooriti-kwiin

Completive

tooriti-neen

Concessive conditional

tooriti-n

After...

tooriti-kara

After...

tooriti-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Desiderative

PRED

toorii-busan

toorii-busantan

toorii-bushikoo neen,

toorii-bushikoo neeran

toorii-bushikoo neentan,

toorii-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

toorii-busaru

toorii-busataru

Easy to...

PRED

toorii-yassan

toorii-yassantan

toorii-yashikoo neen,

toorii-yashikoo neeran

toorii-yashikoo neentan,

toorii-yashikoo neerantan

ATT

toorii-yassaru

toorii-yassataru

Hard to...

PRED

toorii-gurisan

toorii-gurisantan

toorii-gurikoo neen,

toorii-gurikoo neeran

toorii-gurikoo neentan,

toorii-gurikoo neerantan

ATT

toorii-gurisaru

toorii-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Exalting

PRED

toorii-misheen,

toori-misheen

toorii-misheentan,

toori-misheentan

toorii-misooran,

toori-misooran

toorii-misoorantan,

toori-misoorantan

ATT

toorii-misheeru,

toori-misheeru

toorii-misheetaru,

toori-misheetaru,

toorii-misoocharu,

toori-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

While (simultaneously)...

toorii-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Reported past

tooriyu-tan,

toorii-tan

Nominalizing

tooriyu-shi,

toorii-shi

Concessive

tooriyu-shiga,

toorii-shiga

Cause-effect

tooriyu-kutu,

toorii-kutu

Prohibitive

tooriyu-na,

toorii-na

Provisional conditional

tooriyu-ra

toorii-ra

Questions

tooriyu-ga,

toorii-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

tooriyabiyun,
tooriyabiin,

tooriibiyun,
tooriibiin

tooriyabitan,

tooriibitan

tooriyabiran,

tooriibiran

tooriyabirantan,

tooriibirantan

ATT

tooriyabiyuru,
tooriyabiiru,

tooriibiyuru,
tooriibiiru

tooriyabitaru,

tooriibitaru

Polar questions

PRED

tooriyumi,

tooriimi

tooritii

toorirani

toorirantii

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:たおれる【倒れる・斃れる・仆れる・殪れる】、たおる【倒る・斃る・仆る・殪る】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 27). とーりーん【倒りーん・斃りーん・仆りーん・殪りーん】 : tooriin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8257/tooriin/.