🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
あたらさん : atarasan | define meaning
atarasan
Pronunciation: [ʔataɾasan]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Precious; prized; dear; important; valuable
- あたらさむん
atarasa mun
"a precious object"
- あたらさむん
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese あたらしい【新しい】 atarashii "new".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- 混効験集 Konkoukenshuu (1711), "Words of the Royal Palace", records "「あたらしや」おしきと云事 和詞にも通 哥にあたらしや夷ゑそかちしまの春の花詠る人もなくてちるらん".
Notes
～しく -shiku adjective.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kana | あたらさん |
| Romanization | atarasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔataɾasan] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
atarasan, atarashan† |
atarasatan, atarashatan† |
atarashikoo neen, atarashikoo neeran |
atarashikoo neentan, atarashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
atarasaru |
atarasataru, atarashataru† |
atarashikoo neentaru, atarashikoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
atara- |
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Dictionary |
atarasan, atarashan† |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
atarasaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
atarasa- |
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Noun form |
atarasa |
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Adverbial form |
atarashiku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
atarashikoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
atarashikoo |
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Conjunctive |
atarasati, atarashati† |
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Continuative |
atarasai |
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Conditional |
atarasaree |
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Provisional conditional |
atarasaraa |
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Consequential |
atarasanu, atarashanu† |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
atarati-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
atarashiku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
atarasa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
atarasaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
atarasa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
atarasa-shi |
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Inferential |
atarasa sun |
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Questions |
atarasa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
atarasayabiyun†, atarasaibiyun†, |
atarasayabitan†, atarasaibitan |
atarashikoo neeyabiran†, atarashikoo neebiran |
atarashikoo neeyabirantan†, atarashikoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
atarasayabiyuru†, atarasaibiyuru†, |
atarasayabitaru, atarasaibitaru |
atarashikoo neeyabirantaru†, atarashikoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
atarasami, atarashami† |
atarasatii, atarashatii |
atarashikoo neeni, atarashikoo neerani |
atarashikoo neentii, atarashikoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
atarasan nee sun, atarashan nee sun† |
atarasatan nee sun, atarashatan nee sun† |
atarashikoo neen nee sun, atarashikoo neeran nee sun |
atarashikoo neentan nee sun, atarashikoo 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：だいじ【大事】、きちょう【貴重】