🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
みんぐゎすん・みんぐぁすん【巡すん・巡ぐゎすん・巡ぐぁすん】 : mingwasun | define meaning
mingwasun
Pronunciation: [miŋ̍ɡʷasuŋ̍]
Definition
Verb, Transitive
- To turn; to spin; to rotate; to gyrate
- To stir
- To bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese めぐらす【巡らす】 megurasu "to turn; to enclose".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 巡すん 巡ぐゎすん 巡ぐぁすん |
| Kana | みんぐゎすん みんぐぁすん |
| New Okinawa Moji | みん徭すん |
| Romanization | mingwasun |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [miŋ̍ɡʷasuŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
mingwasun |
mingwachan |
mingwasan |
mingwasantan |
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ATT |
mingwasuru |
mingwacharu |
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Progressive |
PRED |
mingwachoon |
mingwachootan |
mingwacheewuran |
mingwacheewurantan |
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ATT |
mingwachooru |
mingwachootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
mingwasasun |
mingwasachan |
mingwasasan |
mingwasasantan |
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ATT |
mingwasasuru |
mingwasacharu |
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Passive and Potential |
PRED |
mingwasariyun, |
mingwasaritan, |
mingwasariran, |
mingwasarirantan, |
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ATT |
mingwasariyuru, |
mingwasaritaru, |
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Causative-Passive |
PRED |
mingwasasariyun, |
mingwasasaritan |
mingwasasariran |
mingwasasarirantan |
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ATT |
mingwasasariyuru, |
mingwasasariraru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
mingwacheen |
mingwacheetan |
mingwacheeneen |
mingwacheeneentan |
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ATT |
mingwacheeru |
mingwacheetaru |
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Preparatory |
PRED |
mingwachoochun |
mingwachoochan |
mingwacheeukan |
mingwacheeukantan |
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ATT |
mingwachoochuru |
mingwachoocharu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
mingwas- |
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Dictionary |
mingwasun |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
mingwasuru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
mingwasu- |
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Adverbial |
mingwashi |
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Volitional-Presumptive |
mingwasa |
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Conjunctive |
mingwachi |
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Representative |
mingwachai |
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Imperative |
mingwashi, |
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Conditional |
mingwashee |
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Form |
Construction |
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Conjecture |
mingwasuru haji |
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So as to... |
mingwasuru gutu |
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Before... |
mingwasuru mee |
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While... |
mingwasuru qweeda, mingwasuru-qweema |
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Purpose |
mingwasuru tami ni |
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Form |
Construction |
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Request |
mingwachi-kwimisooree |
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Benefactive |
mingwachi-kwiin |
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Completive |
mingwachi-neen |
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Concessive conditional |
mingwachi-n |
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After... |
mingwachi-kara |
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After... |
mingwachi-atu |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Desiderative |
PRED |
mingwashi-busan |
mingwashi-busantan |
mingwashi-bushikoo neen, mingwashi-bushikoo neeran |
mingwashi-bushikoo neentan, mingwashi-bushikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
mingwashi-busaru |
mingwashi-busataru |
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Easy to... |
PRED |
mingwashi-yassan |
mingwashi-yassantan |
mingwashi-yashikoo neen, mingwashi-yashikoo neeran |
mingwashi-yashikoo neentan, mingwashi-yashikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
mingwashi-yassaru |
mingwashi-yassataru |
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Hard to... |
PRED |
mingwashi-gurisan |
mingwashi-gurisantan |
mingwashi-gurikoo neen, mingwashi-gurikoo neeran |
mingwashi-gurikoo neentan, mingwashi-gurikoo neerantan |
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ATT |
mingwashi-gurisaru |
mingwashi-gurisataru |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Exalting |
PRED |
mingwashi-misheen |
mingwashi-misheentan |
mingwashi-misooran |
mingwashi-misoorantan |
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ATT |
mingwashi-misheeru |
mingwashi-misheetaru, |
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Form |
Construction |
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While (simultaneously)... |
mingwashi-gachii |
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Form |
Construction |
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Reported past |
mingwasu-tan |
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Nominalizing |
mingwasu-shi |
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Concessive |
mingwasu-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
mingwasu-kutu |
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Prohibitive |
mingwasu-na |
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Provisional conditional |
mingwasu-raa |
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Questions |
mingwasu-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
mingwasabiyun, |
mingwasabitan |
mingwasabiran |
mingwasabirantan |
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ATT |
mingwasabiyuru, |
mingwasabitaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
mingwashumi |
mingwachii |
mingwasani |
mingwasantii |
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：まわす【回す・廻す】、めぐらす【巡らす】、かきまわす【掻き回す・かき回す】、まどわす【惑わす】