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っゐーじゅん・うぃーじゅん【泳じゅん】

qwiijun · 'wiijun

Pronunciation: [ʔwiːd͡ʑuŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To swim; to go out for a swim

Etymology

Cognate with Kagoshima およっ【泳っ】 oyoq; and standard Japanese およぐ【泳ぐ】 oyogu "to swim".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji泳じゅん
Kanaっゐーじゅん
うぃーじゅん
Romanizationqwiijun
ʔwiijun
'wiijun
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔwiːd͡ʑuŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan gu-type verb: qwiijun

 

 

qwiijun

qwiijan

qwiigan

qwiigantan

qwiijuru

qwiijaru

qwiijoon

qwiijootan

qwiijeewuran

qwiijeewurantan

qwiijooru

qwiijootaru

Causative

qwiigasun

qwiigachan

qwiigasan

qwiigasantan

qwiigasuru

qwiigacharu

Passive and Potential

qwiigariyun,
qwiigariin

qwiigaritan,
qwiigattan

qwiigariran,
qwiigaran

qwiigarirantan,
qwiigaratan

qwiigariyuru,
qwiigariiru

qwiigaritaru,
qwiigattaru

Causative-Passive

qwiigasariyun,
qwiigasariin

qwiigasaritan

qwiigasariran

qwiigasarirantan

qwiigasariyuru,
qwiigasariiru

qwiigasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

qwiijeen

qwiijeetan

qwiijeeneen

qwiijeeneentan

qwiijeeru

qwiijeetaru

qwiijoochun

qwiijoochan

qwiijeeukan

qwiijeeukantan

qwiijoochuru

qwiijoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

qwiig-

qwiijun

qwiijuru

qwiiju-

qwiiji

qwiiga

qwiiji

qwiijai

qwiigi,
qwiigee

qwiigee

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

qwiijuru haji

qwiijuru gutu

qwiijuru mee

qwiijuru qweeda, qwiijuru-qweema

qwiijuru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

qwiiji-kwimisooree

qwiiji-kwiin

qwiiji-neen

qwiiji-n

qwiiji-kara

qwiiji-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

qwiiji-busan

qwiiji-busantan

qwiiji-bushikoo neen,

qwiiji-bushikoo neeran

qwiiji-bushikoo neentan,

qwiiji-bushikoo neerantan

qwiiji-busaru

qwiiji-busataru

Easy to...

qwiiji-yassan

qwiiji-yassantan

qwiiji-yashikoo neen,

qwiiji-yashikoo neeran

qwiiji-yashikoo neentan,

qwiiji-yashikoo neerantan

qwiiji-yassaru

qwiiji-yassataru

Hard to...

qwiiji-gurisan

qwiiji-gurisantan

qwiiji-gurikoo neen,

qwiiji-gurikoo neeran

qwiiji-gurikoo neentan,

qwiiji-gurikoo neerantan

qwiiji-gurisaru

qwiiji-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

qwiiji-misheen

qwiiji-misheentan

qwiiji-misooran

qwiiji-misoorantan

qwiiji-misheeru

qwiiji-misheetaru,
qwiiji-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

qwiiji-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

qwiiju-tan

qwiiju-shi

qwiiju-shiga

qwiiju-kutu

qwiiju-na

qwiiju-raa

qwiiju-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

qwiijabiyun,
qwiijabiin

qwiijabitan

qwiijabiran

qwiijabirantan

qwiijabiyuru,
qwiijabiiru

qwiijabitaru

qwiijumi

qwiijii

qwiigani

qwiigantii

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.

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泳じゅん
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, December 18). っゐーじゅん・うぃーじゅん【泳じゅん】 : qwiijun · 'wiijun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/436/qwiijun-'wiijun/.