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たらいん【足らいん】

tarain

Pronunciation: [taɾaiŋ̍]

Definition

Verb, Intransitive

  1. To be enough; to be sufficient

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese たりる【足りる】 tariru "to be enough"'.

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji足らいん
Kanaたらいん
Romanizationtarain
Pronunciation (IPA)[taɾaiŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: tarayun ~ tarain

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

tarayun,

tarain

taratan

tararan

tararantan

ATT

tarayuru,

tarairu

tarataru

Progressive

PRED

taratoon

taratootan

tarateewuran

tarateewurantan

ATT

taratooru

taratootaru

Causative

PRED

tararasun

tararachan

tararasan

tararasantan

ATT

tararasuru

tararacharu

Passive and Potential

PRED

tararariyun,
tararariin

tarararitan,
tararattan

tararariran,
tarararan

tarararirantan,
tarararatan

ATT

tararariyuru,
tararariiru

tarararitaru,
tararattaru

Causative-Passive

PRED

tararasariyun,
tararasariin

tararasaritan

tararasariran

tararasarirantan

ATT

tararasariyuru,
tararasariiru

tararasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

tarateen

tarateetan

tarateeneen

tarateeneentan

ATT

tarateeru

tarateetaru

Preparatory

PRED

taratoochun

taratoochan

tarateeukan

tarateeukantan

ATT

taratoochuru

taratoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

tarar-

Dictionary

tarayun,

tarain

Attributive or Adnominal

tarayuru,

tarairu

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

tarayu-,

tarai-

Adverbial

tarai

Volitional-Presumptive

tarara

Conjunctive

tarati

Representative

taratai

Imperative

tarari,
tararee

Conditional

tararee

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

Conjecture

tarayuru haji,

tarairu haji

So as to...

tarayuru gutu,

tarairu gutu

Before...

tarayuru mee,

tarairu mee

While...

tarayuru qweeda, tarayuru-qweema,

tarairu qweeda, tarairu-qweema

Purpose

tarayuru tami ni,

tarairu tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Request

tarati-kwimisooree

Benefactive

tarati-kwiin

Completive

tarati-neen

Concessive conditional

tarati-n

After...

tarati-kara

After...

tarati-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Desiderative

PRED

tarai-busan

tarai-busantan

tarai-bushikoo neen,

tarai-bushikoo neeran

tarai-bushikoo neentan,

tarai-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

tarai-busaru

tarai-busataru

Easy to...

PRED

tarai-yassan

tarai-yassantan

tarai-yashikoo neen,

tarai-yashikoo neeran

tarai-yashikoo neentan,

tarai-yashikoo neerantan

ATT

tarai-yassaru

tarai-yassataru

Hard to...

PRED

tarai-gurisan

tarai-gurisantan

tarai-gurikoo neen,

tarai-gurikoo neeran

tarai-gurikoo neentan,

tarai-gurikoo neerantan

ATT

tarai-gurisaru

tarai-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Exalting

PRED

tarai-misheen,

tara-misheen

tarai-misheentan,

tara-misheentan

tarai-misooran,

tara-misooran

tarai-misoorantan,

tara-misoorantan

ATT

tarai-misheeru,

tara-misheeru

tarai-misheetaru,

tara-misheetaru,

tarai-misoocharu,

tara-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

While (simultaneously)...

tarai-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Reported past

tarayu-tan,

tarai-tan

Nominalizing

tarayu-shi,

tarai-shi

Concessive

tarayu-shiga,

tarai-shiga

Cause-effect

tarayu-kutu,

tarai-kutu

Prohibitive

tarayu-na,

tarai-na

Provisional conditional

tarayu-ra

tarai-ra

Questions

tarayu-ga,

tarai-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

tarayabiyun,
tarayabiin,

taraibiyun,
taraibiin

tarayabitan,

taraibitan

tarayabiran,

taraibiran

tarayabirantan,

taraibirantan

ATT

tarayabiyuru,
tarayabiiru,

taraibiyuru,
taraibiiru

tarayabitaru,

taraibitaru

Polar questions

PRED

tarayumi,

taraimi

taratii

tararani

tararantii

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, July 11). たらいん【足らいん】 : tarain | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/9035/tarain/.