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なちかさん【悲かさん・懐かさん】 : nachikasan | define meaning

nachikasan

Pronunciation: [nat͡ɕikasaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

Sad; unhappy; sorrowful; melancholic
1. いっぺーなちかさん。
  ippee nachikasan.
  "(I'm) really sadened"
2. なちかさっさ
  nachikasassa
  "It's really quite sad"

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese なつかしい【懐かしい】 natsukashii "dear; missed; nostalgic".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	悲かさん懐かさん
Kana	なちかさん
Romanization	nachikasan
Pronunciation (IPA)	[nat͡ɕikasaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (shiku)-type adjective: **nachikasan**
		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Negative Perfective
Indicative	PRED	nachikasan, nachikashan†	nachikasatan, nachikashatan†	nachikashikoo neen, nachikashikoo neeran	nachikashikoo neentan, nachikashikoo neerantan
Indicative	ATT	nachikasaru	nachikasataru, nachikashataru†	nachikashikoo neen, nachikashikoo neeran	nachikashikoo neentaru, nachikashikoo neerantaru

Base forms
Form	Construction
Root	nachika-
Dictionary	nachikasan, nachikashan†
Attributive or Adnominal	nachikasaru
Apocopated (indicative imperfective)	nachikasa-
Noun form	nachikasa
Adverbial form	nachikashiku
Topicalized adverbial form	nachikashikoo
Topicalized adverbial form	nachikashikoo
Conjunctive	nachikasati, nachikashati†
Continuative	nachikasai
Conditional	nachikasaree
Provisional conditional	nachikasaraa
Consequential	nachikasanu, nachikashanu†

Common conjunctive constructions
Form	Construction
Concessive conditional	nachikati-n

Common adverbial constructions
Form	Construction
To become...	nachikashiku nain

Common apocopated constructions
Form	Construction
Concessive	nachikasa-shiga
Topicalized concessive	nachikasaa-a-shiga
Cause-effect	nachikasa-kutu
Nominalized	nachikasa-shi
Inferential	nachikasa sun
Questions	nachikasa-ga

Other constructions
Form		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Negative perfective
Polite	PRED	nachikasayabiyun†, nachikasayabiin†, nachikasaibiyun†, nachikasaibiin	nachikasayabitan†, nachikasaibitan	nachikashikoo neeyabiran†, nachikashikoo neebiran	nachikashikoo neeyabirantan†, nachikashikoo neebirantan
Polite	ATT	nachikasayabiyuru†, nachikasayabiiru†, nachikasaibiyuru†, nachikasaibiiru	nachikasayabitaru, nachikasaibitaru	nachikashikoo neeyabiran†, nachikashikoo neebiran	nachikashikoo neeyabirantaru†, nachikashikoo neebirantaru
Polar questions	PRED	nachikasami, nachikashami†	nachikasatii, nachikashatii	nachikashikoo neeni, nachikashikoo neerani	nachikashikoo neentii, nachikashikoo neerantii
Conjecture	PRED	nachikasan nee sun, nachikashan nee sun†	nachikasatan nee sun, nachikashatan nee sun†	nachikashikoo neen nee sun, nachikashikoo neeran nee sun	nachikashikoo neentan nee sun, nachikashikoo 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：かなしい【悲しい】、うれい・うい【憂い】、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). なちかさん【悲かさん・懐かさん】 : nachikasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 26, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/829/nachikasan/.