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うじゅみーん【埋みーん】

ujumiin

Pronunciation: [ʔud͡ʑumiːŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To bury; to cover

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese うめる【埋める】 umeru "to bury" and its variant うずめる uzumeru.

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji埋みーん
Kanaうじゅみーん
Romanizationujumiin
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔud͡ʑumiːŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: ujumiyun ~ ujumiin

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

ujumiyun,

ujumiin

ujumitan

ujumiran

ujumirantan

ATT

ujumiyuru,

ujumiiru

ujumitaru

Progressive

PRED

ujumitoon

ujumitootan

ujumiteewuran

ujumiteewurantan

ATT

ujumitooru

ujumitootaru

Causative

PRED

ujumirasun

ujumirachan

ujumirasan

ujumirasantan

ATT

ujumirasuru

ujumiracharu

Passive and Potential

PRED

ujumirariyun,
ujumirariin

ujumiraritan,
ujumirattan

ujumirariran,
ujumiraran

ujumirarirantan,
ujumiraratan

ATT

ujumirariyuru,
ujumirariiru

ujumiraritaru,
ujumirattaru

Causative-Passive

PRED

ujumirasariyun,
ujumirasariin

ujumirasaritan

ujumirasariran

ujumirasarirantan

ATT

ujumirasariyuru,
ujumirasariiru

ujumirasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

ujumiteen

ujumiteetan

ujumiteeneen

ujumiteeneentan

ATT

ujumiteeru

ujumiteetaru

Preparatory

PRED

ujumitoochun

ujumitoochan

ujumiteeukan

ujumiteeukantan

ATT

ujumitoochuru

ujumitoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

ujumir-

Dictionary

ujumiyun,

ujumiin

Attributive or Adnominal

ujumiyuru,

ujumiiru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

ujumiyu-,

ujumii-

Adverbial

ujumii

Volitional-Presumptive

ujumira

Conjunctive

ujumiti

Representative

ujumitai

Imperative

ujumiri,
ujumiree

Conditional

ujumiree

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

Conjecture

ujumiyuru haji,

ujumiiru haji

So as to...

ujumiyuru gutu,

ujumiiru gutu

Before...

ujumiyuru mee,

ujumiiru mee

While...

ujumiyuru qweeda, ujumiyuru-qweema,

ujumiiru qweeda, ujumiiru-qweema

Purpose

ujumiyuru tami ni,

ujumiiru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Request

ujumiti-kwimisooree

Benefactive

ujumiti-kwiin

Completive

ujumiti-neen

Concessive conditional

ujumiti-n

After...

ujumiti-kara

After...

ujumiti-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Desiderative

PRED

ujumii-busan

ujumii-busantan

ujumii-bushikoo neen,

ujumii-bushikoo neeran

ujumii-bushikoo neentan,

ujumii-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

ujumii-busaru

ujumii-busataru

Easy to...

PRED

ujumii-yassan

ujumii-yassantan

ujumii-yashikoo neen,

ujumii-yashikoo neeran

ujumii-yashikoo neentan,

ujumii-yashikoo neerantan

ATT

ujumii-yassaru

ujumii-yassataru

Hard to...

PRED

ujumii-gurisan

ujumii-gurisantan

ujumii-gurikoo neen,

ujumii-gurikoo neeran

ujumii-gurikoo neentan,

ujumii-gurikoo neerantan

ATT

ujumii-gurisaru

ujumii-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Exalting

PRED

ujumii-misheen,

ujumi-misheen

ujumii-misheentan,

ujumi-misheentan

ujumii-misooran,

ujumi-misooran

ujumii-misoorantan,

ujumi-misoorantan

ATT

ujumii-misheeru,

ujumi-misheeru

ujumii-misheetaru,

ujumi-misheetaru,

ujumii-misoocharu,

ujumi-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

While (simultaneously)...

ujumii-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Reported past

ujumiyu-tan,

ujumii-tan

Nominalizing

ujumiyu-shi,

ujumii-shi

Concessive

ujumiyu-shiga,

ujumii-shiga

Cause-effect

ujumiyu-kutu,

ujumii-kutu

Prohibitive

ujumiyu-na,

ujumii-na

Provisional conditional

ujumiyu-ra

ujumii-ra

Questions

ujumiyu-ga,

ujumii-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

ujumiyabiyun,
ujumiyabiin,

ujumiibiyun,
ujumiibiin

ujumiyabitan,

ujumiibitan

ujumiyabiran,

ujumiibiran

ujumiyabirantan,

ujumiibirantan

ATT

ujumiyabiyuru,
ujumiyabiiru,

ujumiibiyuru,
ujumiibiiru

ujumiyabitaru,

ujumiibitaru

Polar questions

PRED

ujumiyumi,

ujumiimi

ujumitii

ujumirani

ujumirantii

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:うめる・うずめる【埋める】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, April 24). うじゅみーん【埋みーん】 : ujumiin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, May 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8485/ujumiin/.