🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
かむん【咬むん・噛むん】 : kamun | define meaning
kamun
Pronunciation: [kamuŋ̍]
Definition
Verb
- To eat
- かめー【咬めー・噛めー】
kamee
"Go ahead and eat", "Please eat" - ooぬかみぶさん
~ nu kami busan
"I want to eat ~" - むぬかみーが。【物咬みーが。】
munu kamiiga.
"How about something to eat?"
- かめー【咬めー・噛めー】
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese かむ【咬む・噛む】 kamu "to bite, to chew, to gnaw".
Spelling
Orthography | Form |
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Kanji | 咬むん 噛むん |
Kana | かむん |
Romanization | kamun |
Pronunciation (IPA) | [kamuŋ̍] |
Verb Paradigm
|
|
Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative Perfective |
Indicative |
PRED |
kamun,
|
kadan |
kaman |
kamantan |
ATT |
kamuru,
|
kadaru |
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Progressive |
PRED |
kadoon |
kadootan |
kadeewuran |
kadeewurantan |
ATT |
kadooru |
kadootaru |
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Causative |
PRED |
kamasun |
kamachan |
kamasan |
kamasantan |
ATT |
kamasuru |
kamacharu |
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Passive and Potential |
PRED |
kamariyun, |
kamaritan, |
kamariran, |
kamarirantan, |
ATT |
kamariyuru, |
kamaritaru, |
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Causative-Passive |
PRED |
kamasariyun, |
kamasaritan |
kamasariran |
kamasarirantan |
ATT |
kamasariyuru, |
kamasariraru |
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Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only) |
PRED |
kadeen |
kadeetan |
kadeeneen |
kadeeneentan |
ATT |
kadeeru |
kadeetaru |
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Preparatory |
PRED |
kadoochun |
kadoochan |
kadeeukan |
kadeeukantan |
ATT |
kadoochuru |
kadoocharu |
Form |
Construction |
Root |
kam- |
Dictionary |
kamun, |
Attributive or Adnominal |
kamuru,
|
Apocopated (indicative imperfective) |
kamu-,
|
Adverbial |
kami |
Volitional-Presumptive |
kama |
Conjunctive |
kadi |
Representative |
kadai |
Imperative |
kami, |
Conditional |
kamee |
Form |
Construction |
Conjecture |
kamuru haji,
|
So as to... |
kamuru gutu,
|
Before... |
kamuru mee,
|
While... |
kamuru qweeda, kamuru-qweema,
|
Purpose |
kamuru tami ni,
|
Form |
Construction |
Request |
kadi-kwimisooree |
Benefactive |
kadi-kwiin |
Completive |
kadi-neen |
Concessive conditional |
kadi-n |
After... |
kadi-kara |
After... |
kadi-atu |
Form |
|
Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
Desiderative |
PRED |
kami-busan |
kami-busantan |
kami-bushikoo neen, kami-bushikoo neeran |
kami-bushikoo neentan, kami-bushikoo neerantan |
ATT |
kami-busaru |
kami-busataru |
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Easy to... |
PRED |
kami-yassan |
kami-yassantan |
kami-yashikoo neen, kami-yashikoo neeran |
kami-yashikoo neentan, kami-yashikoo neerantan |
ATT |
kami-yassaru |
kami-yassataru |
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Hard to... |
PRED |
kami-gurisan |
kami-gurisantan |
kami-gurikoo neen, kami-gurikoo neeran |
kami-gurikoo neentan, kami-gurikoo neerantan |
ATT |
kami-gurisaru |
kami-gurisataru |
Form |
|
Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
Exalting |
PRED |
kami-misheen |
kami-misheentan |
kami-misooran |
kami-misoorantan |
ATT |
kami-misheeru |
kami-misheetaru, |
Form |
Construction |
While (simultaneously)... |
kami-gachii |
Form |
Construction |
Reported past |
kamu-tan |
Nominalizing |
kamu-shi |
Concessive |
kamu-shiga |
Cause-effect |
kamu-kutu |
Prohibitive |
kamu-na |
Provisional conditional |
kamu-raa |
Questions |
kamu-ga |
Form |
|
Imperfective |
Perfective |
Negative |
Negative perfective |
Polite |
PRED |
kamabiyun, |
kamabitan |
kamabiran |
kamabirantan |
ATT |
kamabiyuru, |
kamabitaru |
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Polar questions |
PRED |
kami |
kadii |
kamani |
kamantii |
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.
意味:たべる【食べる】、くう【食う】