🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ふらちゅん : furachun | define meaning
furachun
Pronunciation: [ɸuɾat͡ɕuŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
- To open; to open wide
- くちふらちゅん【口ふらちゅん】
kuchi furachun
"To open one's mouth" - みーふらちゅん【目ふらちゅん】
mii furachun
"To open one's eyes"
- くちふらちゅん【口ふらちゅん】
- To be proud; to be audacious; to be brazen
Etymology
Possibly cognate with standard Japanese ひらく【開く】 hiraku "to open".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kana | ふらちゅん |
| Romanization | furachun |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸuɾat͡ɕuŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
furachun |
furachan |
furakan |
furakantan |
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ATT |
furachuru |
furacharu |
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Progressive |
PRED |
furachoon |
furachootan |
furacheewuran |
furacheewurantan |
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ATT |
furachooru |
furachootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
furakasun |
furakachan |
furakasan |
furakasantan |
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ATT |
furakasuru |
furakacharu |
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Passive and Potential |
PRED |
furakariyun, |
furakaritan, |
furakariran, |
furakarirantan, |
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ATT |
furakariyuru, |
furakaritaru, |
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Causative-Passive |
PRED |
furakasariyun, |
furakasaritan |
furakasariran |
furakasarirantan |
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ATT |
furakasariyuru, |
furakasariraru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
furacheen |
furacheetan |
furacheeneen |
furacheeneentan |
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ATT |
furacheeru |
furacheetaru |
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Preparatory |
PRED |
furachoochun |
furachoochan |
furacheeukan |
furacheeukantan |
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ATT |
furachoochuru |
furachoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
furak- |
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Dictionary |
furachun |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
furachuru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
furachu- |
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Adverbial |
furachi |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
furaka |
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Conjunctive |
furachi |
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Representative |
furachai |
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Imperative |
furaki, |
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Conditional |
furakee |
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Form |
Construction |
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Conjecture |
furachuru haji |
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So as to... |
furachuru gutu |
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Before... |
furachuru mee |
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While... |
furachuru qweeda, furanuru-qweema |
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Purpose |
furachuru tami ni |
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Form |
Construction |
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Request |
furachi-kwimisooree |
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Benefactive |
furachi-kwiin |
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Completive |
furachi-neen |
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Concessive conditional |
furachi-n |
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After... |
furachi-kara |
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After... |
furachi-atu |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Desiderative |
PRED |
furachi-busan |
furachi-busantan |
furachi-bushikoo neen, furachi-bushikoo neeran |
furachi-bushikoo neentan, furachi-bushikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
furachi-busaru |
furachi-busataru |
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Easy to... |
PRED |
furachi-yassan |
furachi-yassantan |
furachi-yashikoo neen, furachi-yashikoo neeran |
furachi-yashikoo neentan, furachi-yashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
furachi-yassaru |
furachi-yassataru |
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Hard to... |
PRED |
furachi-gurisan |
furachi-gurisantan |
furachi-gurikoo neen, furachi-gurikoo neeran |
furachi-gurikoo neentan, furachi-gurikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
furachi-gurisaru |
furachi-gurisataru |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Exalting |
PRED |
furachi-misheen |
furachi-misheentan |
furachi-misooran |
furachi-misoorantan |
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ATT |
furachi-misheeru |
furachi-misheetaru, |
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Form |
Construction |
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While (simultaneously)... |
furachi-gachii |
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Form |
Construction |
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Reported past |
furachu-tan |
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Nominalizing |
furachu-shi |
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Concessive |
furachu-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
furachu-kutu |
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Prohibitive |
furachu-na |
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Provisional conditional |
furachu-raa |
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Questions |
furachu-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
furachabiyun, |
furachabitan |
furachabiran |
furachabirantan |
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ATT |
furachabiyuru, |
furachabitaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
furachumi |
furachii |
furakani |
furakantii |
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：あく【開く】