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しださん【涼さん・涼ださん】

shidasan

Pronunciation: [ɕidasaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. (Weather) Cool

Etymology

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

  • Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Cool. Seedásha". 

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OrthographyForm
Kanji涼さん
涼ださん
Kanaしださん
Romanizationshidasan
Pronunciation (IPA)[ɕidasaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (ku)-type adjective: shidasan

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

shidasan

shidasatan

shidakoo neen,

shidakoo neeran

shidakoo neentan,

shidakoo neerantan

ATT

shidasaru

shidasataru

shidakoo neentaru,

shidakoo neerantaru

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

shida-

Dictionary

shidasan

Attributive or Adnominal

shidasaru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

shidasa-

Noun form

shidasa

Adverbial form

shidaku

Topicalized adverbial form

shidakoo

Topicalized adverbial form

shidakoo

Conjunctive

shidasati

Continuative

shidasai

Conditional

shidasaree

Provisional conditional

shidasaraa

Consequential

shidasanu

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive conditional

shidati-n

Common adverbial constructions

Form

Construction

To become...

shidaku nain

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive

shidasa-shiga

Topicalized concessive

shidasaa-a-shiga

Cause-effect

shidasa-kutu

Nominalized

shidasa-shi

Inferential

shidasa sun

Questions

shidasa-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

shidasayabiyun†,
shidasayabiin†,

shidasaibiyun†,
shidasaibiin

shidasayabitan†,

shidasaibitan

shidakoo neeyabiran†,

shidakoo neebiran

shidakoo neeyabirantan†,

shidakoo neebirantan

ATT

shidasayabiyuru†,
shidasayabiiru†,

shidasaibiyuru†,
shidasaibiiru

shidasayabitaru,

shidasaibitaru

shidakoo neeyabirantaru†,

shidakoo neebirantaru

Polar questions

PRED

shidasami

shidasatii

shidakoo neeni,

shidakoo neerani

shidakoo neentii,

shidakoo neerantii

Conjecture

PRED

shidasan nee sun

shidasatan nee sun

shidakoo neen nee sun,

shidakoo neeran nee sun

shidakoo neentan nee sun,

shidakoo 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:すずしい【涼しい】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 21). しださん【涼さん・涼ださん】 : shidasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 26, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/883/shidasan/.