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あらいん【洗いん】

arain

Pronunciation: [ʔaɾaiŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To wash, to clean, to lave, to rinse
    1. ちらあらいん洗いん
      chira arain
      "Rinse one's face", "Wash one's face"
    2. からたあらいん洗いん
      karata arain
      "Wash one's body", "Wash oneself"

Etymology

Cognate to standard Japanese あらう【洗う】 arau "to wash".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji洗いん
Kanaあらいん
Romanizationarain
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔaɾaiŋ̍]

Paradigm

Central Okinawan u-type verb: arayun ~ arainβeta

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Neg. Perfective

Plain

PRED

arayun
arain

aratan

araan

araantan

ATT

arayuru
arairu

arataru

Progressive

PRED

aratoon

aratootan

arateewuran

arateewurantan

ATT

aratooru

aratootaru

Causative

PRED

araasun

araachan

araasan

araasantan

ATT

araasuru

araacharu

Passive, Potential

PRED

araariyun
araariin

araaritan
araattan

araariran
araaran

araarirantan
araarantan

ATT

araariyuru
araariiru

araaritaru
araattaru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

arateen

arateetan

arateeneen

arateeneentan

ATT

arateeru

arateetaru

In preparation/in advance (-te oku)

PRED

aratoochun

aratoochan

arateeukan

arateeukantan

ATT

aratoochuru

aratoocharu

Desidirative (adjective paradigm)

PRED

arai-busan

arai-busatan

arai-bushikoo neen

arai-bushikoo neeran

arai-bushikoo neentan

arai-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

arai-busaru

arai-busataru

 

Affirmative

Negative

Volitional-Presumptive
(“let’s”)

arara

“seems”

arayuru-haji
arairu-haji

araan-haji

Imperative-Prohibitive

arari

aranna

Conjunctive-Participle
(“te form”)

arati

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2016, October 2). あらいん【洗いん】 : arain | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/651/arain/.