🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
んじょーさん : njoosan | define meaning
njoosan
Pronunciation: [n̩d͡ʑoːsaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Cute; pretty; lovely; adorable; darling; precious
Etymology
Cognate with Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata むぞい muzoi "pitiful"; Nagasaki みどーか midooka "cute"; Nagasaki (Gotou) みじょか mijoka; Kumamoto みぞか mizoka; Kumamoto むぞらしか muzorashika; Kumamoto and Kagoshima もぞか mozoka; Kagoshima むぞか muzoka and むぜ muze; Kagoshima (Tanegashima) むじょか mujoka; Okinawan んじょーさん njoosan "cute".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
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| Kana | んじょーさん |
| Romanization | njoosan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [n̩d͡ʑoːsaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
njoosan |
njoosatan |
njookoo neen, njookoo neeran |
njookoo neentan, njookoo neerantan |
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ATT |
njoosaru |
njoosataru |
njookoo neentaru, njookoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
njoo- |
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Dictionary |
njoosan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
njoosaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
njoosa- |
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Noun form |
njoosa |
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Adverbial form |
njooku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
njookoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
njookoo |
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Conjunctive |
njoosati |
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Continuative |
njoosai |
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Conditional |
njoosaree |
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Provisional conditional |
njoosaraa |
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Consequential |
njoosanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
njooti-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
njooku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
njoosa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
njoosaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
njoosa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
njoosa-shi |
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Inferential |
njoosa sun |
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Questions |
njoosa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
njoosayabiyun†, njoosaibiyun†, |
njoosayabitan†, njoosaibitan |
njookoo neeyabiran†, njookoo neebiran |
njookoo neeyabirantan†, njookoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
njoosayabiyuru†, njoosaibiyuru†, |
njoosayabitaru, njoosaibitaru |
njookoo neeyabirantaru†, njookoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
njoosami |
njoosatii |
njookoo neeni, njookoo neerani |
njookoo neentii, njookoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
njoosan nee sun |
njoosatan nee sun |
njookoo neen nee sun, njookoo neeran nee sun |
njookoo neentan nee sun, njookoo 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：かわいい【可愛い】、あいらしい【愛らしい】