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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]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan u-type verb: arayun ~ arain

 

 

arayun,

arain

aratan

araan

araantan

arayuru,

arairu

arataru

aratoon

aratootan

arateewuran

arateewurantan

aratooru

aratootaru

Causative

araasun

araachan

araasan

araasantan

araasuru

araacharu

Passive and Potential

araariyun,
araariin

araaritan,
araattan

araariran,
araaran

araarirantan,
araaratan

araariyuru,
araariiru

araaritaru,
araattaru

Causative-Passive

araasariyun,
araasariin

araasaritan

araasariran

araasarirantan

araasariyuru,
araasariiru

araasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

arateen

arateetan

arateeneen

arateeneentan

arateeru

arateetaru

aratoochun

aratoochan

arateeukan

arateeukantan

aratoochuru

aratoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

ara-

arayun,

arain

arayuru,

arairu

arayu-,

arai-

arai

arara

arati

aratai

arari,
araree

araree

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

arayuru haji,

arairu haji

arayuru gutu,

arairu gutu

arayuru mee,

arairu mee

arayuru qweeda, arayuru-qweema,

arairu qweeda, arairu-qweema

arayuru tami ni,

arairu tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

arati-kwimisooree

arati-kwiin

arati-neen

arati-n

arati-kara

arati-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

arai-busan

arai-busantan

arai-bushikoo neen,

arai-bushikoo neeran

arai-bushikoo neentan,

arai-bushikoo neerantan

arai-busaru

arai-busataru

Easy to...

arai-yassan

arai-yassantan

arai-yashikoo neen,

arai-yashikoo neeran

arai-yashikoo neentan,

arai-yashikoo neerantan

arai-yassaru

arai-yassataru

Hard to...

arai-gurisan

arai-gurisantan

arai-gurikoo neen,

arai-gurikoo neeran

arai-gurikoo neentan,

arai-gurikoo neerantan

arai-gurisaru

arai-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

arai-misheen

arai-misheentan

arai-misooran

arai-misoorantan

arai-misheeru

arai-misheetaru,
arai-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

arai-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

arayu-tan,

arai-tan

arayu-shi,

arai-shi

arayu-shiga,

arai-shiga

arayu-kutu,

arai-kutu

arayu-na,

arai-na

arayu-raa

arai-raa

arayu-ga,

arai-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

arayabiyun,
arayabiin,

araibiyun,
araibiin

arayabitan,

araibitan

arayabiran,

araibiran

arayabirantan,

araibirantan

arayabiyuru,
arayabiiru,

araibiyuru,
araibiiru

arayabitaru,

araibitaru

arayumi,

araimi

aratii

araani

araantii

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. (2016, October 2). あらいん【洗いん】 : arain | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 22, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/651/arain/.