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しからーさん

shikaraasan

Pronunciation: [ɕikaɾaːsaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. Lonely; lonesome; alone; desolate; sad

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanaしからーさん
Romanizationshikaraasan
Pronunciation (IPA)[ɕikaɾaːsaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (ku)-type adjective: shikaraasan

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

shikaraasan

shikaraasatan

shikaraakoo neen,

shikaraakoo neeran

shikaraakoo neentan,

shikaraakoo neerantan

ATT

shikaraasaru

shikaraasataru

shikaraakoo neentaru,

shikaraakoo neerantaru

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

shikaraa-

Dictionary

shikaraasan

Attributive or Adnominal

shikaraasaru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

shikaraasa-

Noun form

shikaraasa

Adverbial form

shikaraaku

Topicalized adverbial form

shikaraakoo

Topicalized adverbial form

shikaraakoo

Conjunctive

shikaraasati

Continuative

shikaraasai

Conditional

shikaraasaree

Provisional conditional

shikaraasaraa

Consequential

shikaraasanu

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive conditional

shikaraati-n

Common adverbial constructions

Form

Construction

To become...

shikaraaku nain

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive

shikaraasa-shiga

Topicalized concessive

shikaraasaa-a-shiga

Cause-effect

shikaraasa-kutu

Nominalized

shikaraasa-shi

Inferential

shikaraasa sun

Questions

shikaraasa-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

shikaraasayabiyun†,
shikaraasayabiin†,

shikaraasaibiyun†,
shikaraasaibiin

shikaraasayabitan†,

shikaraasaibitan

shikaraakoo neeyabiran†,

shikaraakoo neebiran

shikaraakoo neeyabirantan†,

shikaraakoo neebirantan

ATT

shikaraasayabiyuru†,
shikaraasayabiiru†,

shikaraasaibiyuru†,
shikaraasaibiiru

shikaraasayabitaru,

shikaraasaibitaru

shikaraakoo neeyabirantaru†,

shikaraakoo neebirantaru

Polar questions

PRED

shikaraasami

shikaraasatii

shikaraakoo neeni,

shikaraakoo neerani

shikaraakoo neentii,

shikaraakoo neerantii

Conjecture

PRED

shikaraasan nee sun

shikaraasatan nee sun

shikaraakoo neen nee sun,

shikaraakoo neeran nee sun

shikaraakoo neentan nee sun,

shikaraakoo neerantan nee sun

† These forms are considered literary.

Adjective 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:さびしい・さみしい【寂しい・淋しい】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 21). しからーさん : shikaraasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 26, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/828/shikaraasan/.