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うくぶかさん【奥深さん】 : ukubukasan | define meaning
ukubukasan
Pronunciation: [ʔukubukasaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Profound
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese おくふかい【奥深い】 okufukai "profound" and its variant おくぶかい okubukai.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 奥深さん |
| Kana | うくぶかさん |
| Romanization | ukubukasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ʔukubukasaŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
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Indicative |
PRED |
ukubukasan |
ukubukasatan |
ukubukakoo neen, ukubukakoo neeran |
ukubukakoo neentan, ukubukakoo neerantan |
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ATT |
ukubukasaru |
ukubukasataru |
ukubukakoo neentaru, ukubukakoo neerantaru |
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Form |
Construction |
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Root |
ukubuka- |
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Dictionary |
ukubukasan |
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Attributive or Adnominal |
ukubukasaru |
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Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
ukubukasa- |
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Noun form |
ukubukasa |
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Adverbial form |
ukubukaku |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
ukubukakoo |
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Topicalized adverbial form |
ukubukakoo |
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Conjunctive |
ukubukasati |
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Continuative |
ukubukasai |
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Conditional |
ukubukasaree |
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Provisional conditional |
ukubukasaraa |
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Consequential |
ukubukasanu |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive conditional |
ukubukati-n |
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Form |
Construction |
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To become... |
ukubukaku nain |
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Form |
Construction |
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Concessive |
ukubukasa-shiga |
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Topicalized concessive |
ukubukasaa-a-shiga |
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Cause-effect |
ukubukasa-kutu |
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Nominalized |
ukubukasa-shi |
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Inferential |
ukubukasa sun |
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Questions |
ukubukasa-ga |
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Form |
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Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
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Polite |
PRED |
ukubukasayabiyun†, ukubukasaibiyun†, |
ukubukasayabitan†, ukubukasaibitan |
ukubukakoo neeyabiran†, ukubukakoo neebiran |
ukubukakoo neeyabirantan†, ukubukakoo neebirantan |
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ATT |
ukubukasayabiyuru†, ukubukasaibiyuru†, |
ukubukasayabitaru, ukubukasaibitaru |
ukubukakoo neeyabirantaru†, ukubukakoo neebirantaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
ukubukasami |
ukubukasatii |
ukubukakoo neeni, ukubukakoo neerani |
ukubukakoo neentii, ukubukakoo neerantii |
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Conjecture |
PRED |
ukubukasan nee sun |
ukubukasatan nee sun |
ukubukakoo neen nee sun, ukubukakoo neeran nee sun |
ukubukakoo neentan nee sun, ukubukakoo 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：おくふかい・おくぶかい【奥深い・奥ぶかい】