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あちさん【暑さん】

achisan

Pronunciation: [ʔat͡ɕisaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. (Weather) Hot

Etymology

Cognate to standard Japanese あつい【暑い】 atsui "hot (weather)".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji暑さん
Kanaあちさん
Romanizationachisan
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔat͡ɕisaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (ku)-type adjective: achisan

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

achisan

achisatan

achikoo neen,

achikoo neeran

achikoo neentan,

achikoo neerantan

ATT

achisaru

achisataru

achikoo neentaru,

achikoo neerantaru

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

achi-

Dictionary

achisan

Attributive or Adnominal

achisaru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

achisa-

Noun form

achisa

Adverbial form

achiku

Topicalized adverbial form

achikoo

Topicalized adverbial form

achikoo

Conjunctive

achisati

Continuative

achisai

Conditional

achisaree

Provisional conditional

achisaraa

Consequential

achisanu

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive conditional

achiti-n

Common adverbial constructions

Form

Construction

To become...

achiku nain

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive

achisa-shiga

Topicalized concessive

achisaa-a-shiga

Cause-effect

achisa-kutu

Nominalized

achisa-shi

Inferential

achisa sun

Questions

achisa-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

achisayabiyun†,
achisayabiin†,

achisaibiyun†,
achisaibiin

achisayabitan†,

achisaibitan

achikoo neeyabiran†,

achikoo neebiran

achikoo neeyabirantan†,

achikoo neebirantan

ATT

achisayabiyuru†,
achisayabiiru†,

achisaibiyuru†,
achisaibiiru

achisayabitaru,

achisaibitaru

achikoo neeyabirantaru†,

achikoo neebirantaru

Polar questions

PRED

achisami

achisatii

achikoo neeni,

achikoo neerani

achikoo neentii,

achikoo neerantii

Conjecture

PRED

achisan nee sun

achisatan nee sun

achikoo neen nee sun,

achikoo neeran nee sun

achikoo neentan nee sun,

achikoo 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.

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 21). あちさん【暑さん】 : achisan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 23, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/873/achisan/.