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めーいん【燃いん】

meein

Pronunciation: [meːiŋ̍]

Definition

Intransitive verb

  1. To burn

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese もえる【燃える】 moeru "to burn".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji燃いん
Kanaめーいん
Romanizationmeein
Pronunciation (IPA)[meːiŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: meeyun ~ meein

 

 

meeyun,

meein

meetan

meeran

meerantan

meeyuru,

meeiru

meetaru

meetoon

meetootan

meeteewuran

meeteewurantan

meetooru

meetootaru

Causative

meerasun

meerachan

meerasan

meerasantan

meerasuru

meeracharu

Passive and Potential

meerariyun,
meerariin

meeraritan,
meerattan

meerariran,
meeraran

meerarirantan,
meeraratan

meerariyuru,
meerariiru

meeraritaru,
meerattaru

Causative-Passive

meerasariyun,
meerasariin

meerasaritan

meerasariran

meerasarirantan

meerasariyuru,
meerasariiru

meerasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

meeteen

meeteetan

meeteeneen

meeteeneentan

meeteeru

meeteetaru

meetoochun

meetoochan

meeteeukan

meeteeukantan

meetoochuru

meetoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

meer-

meeyun,

meein

meeyuru,

meeiru

meeyu-,

meei-

meei

meera

meeti

meetai

meeri,
meeree

meeree

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

meeyuru haji,

meeiru haji

meeyuru gutu,

meeiru gutu

meeyuru mee,

meeiru mee

meeyuru qweeda, meeyuru-qweema,

meeiru qweeda, meeiru-qweema

meeyuru tami ni,

meeiru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

meeti-kwimisooree

meeti-kwiin

meeti-neen

meeti-n

meeti-kara

meeti-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

meei-busan

meei-busantan

meei-bushikoo neen,

meei-bushikoo neeran

meei-bushikoo neentan,

meei-bushikoo neerantan

meei-busaru

meei-busataru

Easy to...

meei-yassan

meei-yassantan

meei-yashikoo neen,

meei-yashikoo neeran

meei-yashikoo neentan,

meei-yashikoo neerantan

meei-yassaru

meei-yassataru

Hard to...

meei-gurisan

meei-gurisantan

meei-gurikoo neen,

meei-gurikoo neeran

meei-gurikoo neentan,

meei-gurikoo neerantan

meei-gurisaru

meei-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

meei-misheen,

mee-misheen

meei-misheentan,

mee-misheentan

meei-misooran,

mee-misooran

meei-misoorantan,

mee-misoorantan

meei-misheeru,

mee-misheeru

meei-misheetaru,

mee-misheetaru,

meei-misoocharu,

mee-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

meei-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

meeyu-tan,

meei-tan

meeyu-shi,

meei-shi

meeyu-shiga,

meei-shiga

meeyu-kutu,

meei-kutu

meeyu-na,

meei-na

meeyu-ra

meei-ra

meeyu-ga,

meei-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

meeyabiyun,
meeyabiin,

meeibiyun,
meeibiin

meeyabitan,

meeibitan

meeyabiran,

meeibiran

meeyabirantan,

meeibirantan

meeyabiyuru,
meeyabiiru,

meeibiyuru,
meeibiiru

meeyabitaru,

meeibitaru

meeyumi,

meeimi

meetii

meerani

meerantii

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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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, March 23). めーいん【燃いん】 : meein | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5711/meein/.