🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うとぅじりーん【訪りーん】 : utujiriin | define meaning

utujiriin

Pronunciation: [ʔutud͡ʑiɾiːŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

To visit; to pay a visit
To send a message; to send news; to give news; to communicate; to correspond

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese おとずれる・おとづれる【訪れる】 otozureru "to visit; to send a letter".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「うとゥづィり」、訪（オトヅレ）、消息、通信".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	訪りーん
Kana	うとぅじりーん
New Okinawa Moji	う婢じりーん
Romanization	utujiriin
Pronunciation (IPA)	[ʔutud͡ʑiɾiːŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: **utujiriyun** ~ **utujiriin**
		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Negative Perfective
Indicative	PRED	utujiriyun, utujiriin	utujiritan	utujiriran	utujirirantan
	ATT	utujiriyuru, utujiriiru	utujiritaru
Progressive	PRED	utujiritoon	utujiritootan	utujiriteewuran	utujiriteewurantan
	ATT	utujiritooru	utujiritootaru
Causative	PRED	utujirirasun	utujirirachan	utujirirasan	utujirirasantan
	ATT	utujirirasuru	utujiriracharu
Passive and Potential	PRED	utujirirariyun, utujirirariin	utujiriraritan, utujirirattan	utujirirariran, utujiriraran	utujirirarirantan, utujiriraratan
	ATT	utujirirariyuru, utujirirariiru	utujiriraritaru, utujirirattaru
Causative-Passive	PRED	utujirirasariyun, utujirirasariin	utujirirasaritan	utujirirasariran	utujirirasarirantan
	ATT	utujirirasariyuru, utujirirasariiru	utujirirasariraru
Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)	PRED	utujiriteen	utujiriteetan	utujiriteeneen	utujiriteeneentan
	ATT	utujiriteeru	utujiriteetaru
Preparatory	PRED	utujiritoochun	utujiritoochan	utujiriteeukan	utujiriteeukantan
	ATT	utujiritoochuru	utujiritoocharu

Base forms
Form	Construction
Root	utujirir-
Dictionary	utujiriyun, utujiriin
Attributive or Adnominal	utujiriyuru, utujiriiru
Apocopated (indicative imperfective)	utujiriyu-, utujirii-
Adverbial	utujirii
Volitional-Presumptive	utujirira
Conjunctive	utujiriti
Representative	utujiritai
Imperative	utujiriri, utujiriree
Conditional	utujiriree

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions
Form	Construction
Conjecture	utujiriyuru haji, utujiriiru haji
So as to...	utujiriyuru gutu, utujiriiru gutu
Before...	utujiriyuru mee, utujiriiru mee
While...	utujiriyuru qweeda, utujiriyuru-qweema, utujiriiru qweeda, utujiriiru-qweema
Purpose	utujiriyuru tami ni, utujiriiru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions
Form	Construction
Request	utujiriti-kwimisooree
Benefactive	utujiriti-kwiin
Completive	utujiriti-neen
Concessive conditional	utujiriti-n
After...	utujiriti-kara
After...	utujiriti-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)
Form		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Negative perfective
Desiderative	PRED	utujirii-busan	utujirii-busantan	utujirii-bushikoo neen, utujirii-bushikoo neeran	utujirii-bushikoo neentan, utujirii-bushikoo neerantan
Desiderative	ATT	utujirii-busaru	utujirii-busataru	utujirii-bushikoo neen, utujirii-bushikoo neeran	utujirii-bushikoo neentan, utujirii-bushikoo neerantan
Easy to...	PRED	utujirii-yassan	utujirii-yassantan	utujirii-yashikoo neen, utujirii-yashikoo neeran	utujirii-yashikoo neentan, utujirii-yashikoo neerantan
Easy to...	ATT	utujirii-yassaru	utujirii-yassataru	utujirii-yashikoo neen, utujirii-yashikoo neeran	utujirii-yashikoo neentan, utujirii-yashikoo neerantan
Hard to...	PRED	utujirii-gurisan	utujirii-gurisantan	utujirii-gurikoo neen, utujirii-gurikoo neeran	utujirii-gurikoo neentan, utujirii-gurikoo neerantan
Hard to...	ATT	utujirii-gurisaru	utujirii-gurisataru	utujirii-gurikoo neen, utujirii-gurikoo neeran	utujirii-gurikoo neentan, utujirii-gurikoo neerantan

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)
Form		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Negative perfective
Exalting	PRED	utujirii-misheen, utujiri-misheen	utujirii-misheentan, utujiri-misheentan	utujirii-misooran, utujiri-misooran	utujirii-misoorantan, utujiri-misoorantan
Exalting	ATT	utujirii-misheeru, utujiri-misheeru	utujirii-misheetaru, utujiri-misheetaru, utujirii-misoocharu, utujiri-misoocharu	utujirii-misooran, utujiri-misooran	utujirii-misoorantan, utujiri-misoorantan

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)
Form	Construction
While (simultaneously)...	utujirii-gachii

Common apocopated constructions
Form	Construction
Reported past	utujiriyu-tan, utujirii-tan
Nominalizing	utujiriyu-shi, utujirii-shi
Concessive	utujiriyu-shiga, utujirii-shiga
Cause-effect	utujiriyu-kutu, utujirii-kutu
Prohibitive	utujiriyu-na, utujirii-na
Provisional conditional	utujiriyu-ra utujirii-ra
Questions	utujiriyu-ga, utujirii-ga

Other constructions
Form		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Negative perfective
Polite	PRED	utujiriyabiyun, utujiriyabiin, utujiriibiyun, utujiriibiin	utujiriyabitan, utujiriibitan	utujiriyabiran, utujiriibiran	utujiriyabirantan, utujiriibirantan
Polite	ATT	utujiriyabiyuru, utujiriyabiiru, utujiriibiyuru, utujiriibiiru	utujiriyabitaru, utujiriibitaru	utujiriyabiran, utujiriibiran	utujiriyabirantan, utujiriibirantan
Polar questions	PRED	utujiriyumi, utujiriimi	utujiritii	utujirirani	utujirirantii

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.

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, May 16). うとぅじりーん【訪りーん】 : utujiriin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, May 19, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8678/utujiriin/.