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どぅるぶかさん【泥深さん】 : durubukasan | define meaning

durubukasan

Pronunciation: [duɾubukasaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

Miry; deeply muddy; mucky; swampy

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese どろぶかい【泥深い】 dorobukai "miry".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	泥深さん
Kana	どぅるぶかさん
New Okinawa Moji	嬨るぶかさん
Romanization	durubukasan
Pronunciation (IPA)	[duɾubukasaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (ku)-type adjective: **durubukasan**
		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Negative Perfective
Indicative	PRED	durubukasan	durubukasatan	durubukakoo neen, durubukakoo neeran	durubukakoo neentan, durubukakoo neerantan
Indicative	ATT	durubukasaru	durubukasataru	durubukakoo neen, durubukakoo neeran	durubukakoo neentaru, durubukakoo neerantaru

Base forms
Form	Construction
Root	durubuka-
Dictionary	durubukasan
Attributive or Adnominal	durubukasaru
Apocopated (indicative imperfective)	durubukasa-
Noun form	durubukasa
Adverbial form	durubukaku
Topicalized adverbial form	durubukakoo
Topicalized adverbial form	durubukakoo
Conjunctive	durubukasati
Continuative	durubukasai
Conditional	durubukasaree
Provisional conditional	durubukasaraa
Consequential	durubukasanu

Common conjunctive constructions
Form	Construction
Concessive conditional	durubukati-n

Common adverbial constructions
Form	Construction
To become...	durubukaku nain

Common apocopated constructions
Form	Construction
Concessive	durubukasa-shiga
Topicalized concessive	durubukasaa-a-shiga
Cause-effect	durubukasa-kutu
Nominalized	durubukasa-shi
Inferential	durubukasa sun
Questions	durubukasa-ga

Other constructions
Form		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Negative perfective
Polite	PRED	durubukasayabiyun†, durubukasayabiin†, durubukasaibiyun†, durubukasaibiin	durubukasayabitan†, durubukasaibitan	durubukakoo neeyabiran†, durubukakoo neebiran	durubukakoo neeyabirantan†, durubukakoo neebirantan
Polite	ATT	durubukasayabiyuru†, durubukasayabiiru†, durubukasaibiyuru†, durubukasaibiiru	durubukasayabitaru, durubukasaibitaru	durubukakoo neeyabiran†, durubukakoo neebiran	durubukakoo neeyabirantaru†, durubukakoo neebirantaru
Polar questions	PRED	durubukasami	durubukasatii	durubukakoo neeni, durubukakoo neerani	durubukakoo neentii, durubukakoo neerantii
Conjecture	PRED	durubukasan nee sun	durubukasatan nee sun	durubukakoo neen nee sun, durubukakoo neeran nee sun	durubukakoo neentan nee sun, durubukakoo 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, October 10). どぅるぶかさん【泥深さん】 : durubukasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, October 12, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/9256/durubukasan/.