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あながちさん

anagachisan

Pronunciation: [ʔanaɡat͡ɕisaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. Nostalgic

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanaあながちさん
Romanizationanagachisan
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔanaɡat͡ɕisaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (ku)-type adjective: anagachisan

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

anagachisan

anagachisatan

anagachikoo neen,

anagachikoo neeran

anagachikoo neentan,

anagachikoo neerantan

ATT

anagachisaru

anagachisataru

anagachikoo neentaru,

anagachikoo neerantaru

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

anagachi-

Dictionary

anagachisan

Attributive or Adnominal

anagachisaru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

anagachisa-

Noun form

anagachisa

Adverbial form

anagachiku

Topicalized adverbial form

anagachikoo

Topicalized adverbial form

anagachikoo

Conjunctive

anagachisati

Continuative

anagachisai

Conditional

anagachisaree

Provisional conditional

anagachisaraa

Consequential

anagachisanu

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive conditional

anagachiti-n

Common adverbial constructions

Form

Construction

To become...

anagachiku nain

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive

anagachisa-shiga

Topicalized concessive

anagachisaa-a-shiga

Cause-effect

anagachisa-kutu

Nominalized

anagachisa-shi

Inferential

anagachisa sun

Questions

anagachisa-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

anagachisayabiyun†,
anagachisayabiin†,

anagachisaibiyun†,
anagachisaibiin

anagachisayabitan†,

anagachisaibitan

anagachikoo neeyabiran†,

anagachikoo neebiran

anagachikoo neeyabirantan†,

anagachikoo neebirantan

ATT

anagachisayabiyuru†,
anagachisayabiiru†,

anagachisaibiyuru†,
anagachisaibiiru

anagachisayabitaru,

anagachisaibitaru

anagachikoo neeyabirantaru†,

anagachikoo neebirantaru

Polar questions

PRED

anagachisami

anagachisatii

anagachikoo neeni,

anagachikoo neerani

anagachikoo neentii,

anagachikoo neerantii

Conjecture

PRED

anagachisan nee sun

anagachisatan nee sun

anagachikoo neen nee sun,

anagachikoo neeran nee sun

anagachikoo neentan nee sun,

anagachikoo 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.

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, August 5). あながちさん : anagachisan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, August 23, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/9082/anagachisan/.