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かむん【咬むん・噛むん】

kamun

Pronunciation: [kamuŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To eat
    1. かめー咬めー噛めー
      kamee
      "Go ahead and eat", "Please eat"
    2. ooぬかみぶさん
      ~ nu kami busan
      "I want to eat ~"
    3. むぬかみーが。【物咬みーが。】
      munu kamiiga.
      "How about something to eat?"

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese かむ【咬む・噛む】 kamu "to bite, to chew, to gnaw".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji咬むん
噛むん
Kanaかむん
Romanizationkamun
Pronunciation (IPA)[kamuŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan mu-type verb: kamun ~ kanun

 

 

kamun,
kanun

kadan

kaman

kamantan

kamuru,
kanuru

kadaru

kadoon

kadootan

kadeewuran

kadeewurantan

kadooru

kadootaru

Causative

kamasun

kamachan

kamasan

kamasantan

kamasuru

kamacharu

Passive and Potential

kamariyun,
kamariin

kamaritan,
kamattan

kamariran,
kamaran

kamarirantan,
kamaratan

kamariyuru,
kamariiru

kamaritaru,
kamattaru

Causative-Passive

kamasariyun,
kamasariin

kamasaritan

kamasariran

kamasarirantan

kamasariyuru,
kamasariiru

kamasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

kadeen

kadeetan

kadeeneen

kadeeneentan

kadeeru

kadeetaru

kadoochun

kadoochan

kadeeukan

kadeeukantan

kadoochuru

kadoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

kam-

kamun,
kanun

kamuru,
kanuru

kamu-,
kanu-

kami

kama

kadi

kadai

kami,
kamee

kamee

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

kamuru haji,
kanuru haji

kamuru gutu,
kanuru gutu

kamuru mee,
kanuru mee

kamuru qweeda, kamuru-qweema,
kanuru qweeda, kanuru-qweema

kamuru tami ni,
kanuru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

kadi-kwimisooree

kadi-kwiin

kadi-neen

kadi-n

kadi-kara

kadi-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

kami-busan

kami-busantan

kami-bushikoo neen,

kami-bushikoo neeran

kami-bushikoo neentan,

kami-bushikoo neerantan

kami-busaru

kami-busataru

Easy to...

kami-yassan

kami-yassantan

kami-yashikoo neen,

kami-yashikoo neeran

kami-yashikoo neentan,

kami-yashikoo neerantan

kami-yassaru

kami-yassataru

Hard to...

kami-gurisan

kami-gurisantan

kami-gurikoo neen,

kami-gurikoo neeran

kami-gurikoo neentan,

kami-gurikoo neerantan

kami-gurisaru

kami-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

kami-misheen

kami-misheentan

kami-misooran

kami-misoorantan

kami-misheeru

kami-misheetaru,
kami-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

kami-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

kamu-tan

kamu-shi

kamu-shiga

kamu-kutu

kamu-na

kamu-raa

kamu-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

kamabiyun,
kamabiin

kamabitan

kamabiran

kamabirantan

kamabiyuru,
kamabiiru

kamabitaru

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】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, April 13). かむん【咬むん・噛むん】 : kamun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, November 25, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/580/kamun/.