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めーすん【燃ーすん・燃すん】

meesun

Pronunciation: [meːsuŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To burn; to light (a fire)

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese もやす【燃やす】 moyasu "to burn".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji燃ーすん
燃すん
Kanaめーすん
Romanizationmeesun
Pronunciation (IPA)[meːsuŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan su-type verb: meesun

 

 

meesun

meechan

meesan

meesantan

meesuru

meecharu

meechoon

meechootan

meecheewuran

meecheewurantan

meechooru

meechootaru

Causative

meesasun

meesachan

meesasan

meesasantan

meesasuru

meesacharu

Passive and Potential

meesariyun,
meesariin

meesaritan,
meesattan

meesariran,
meesaran

meesarirantan,
meesaratan

meesariyuru,
meesariiru

meesaritaru,
meesattaru

Causative-Passive

meesasariyun,
meesasariin

meesasaritan

meesasariran

meesasarirantan

meesasariyuru,
meesasariiru

meesasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

meecheen

meecheetan

meecheeneen

meecheeneentan

meecheeru

meecheetaru

meechoochun

meechoochan

meecheeukan

meecheeukantan

meechoochuru

meechoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

mees-

meesun

meesuru

meesu-

meeshi

meesa

meechi

meechai

meeshi,
meeshee

meeshee

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

meesuru haji

meesuru gutu

meesuru mee

meesuru qweeda, meesuru-qweema

meesuru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

meechi-kwimisooree

meechi-kwiin

meechi-neen

meechi-n

meechi-kara

meechi-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

meeshi-busan

meeshi-busantan

meeshi-bushikoo neen,

meeshi-bushikoo neeran

meeshi-bushikoo neentan,

meeshi-bushikoo neerantan

meeshi-busaru

meeshi-busataru

Easy to...

meeshi-yassan

meeshi-yassantan

meeshi-yashikoo neen,

meeshi-yashikoo neeran

meeshi-yashikoo neentan,

meeshi-yashikoo neerantan

meeshi-yassaru

meeshi-yassataru

Hard to...

meeshi-gurisan

meeshi-gurisantan

meeshi-gurikoo neen,

meeshi-gurikoo neeran

meeshi-gurikoo neentan,

meeshi-gurikoo neerantan

meeshi-gurisaru

meeshi-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

meeshi-misheen

meeshi-misheentan

meeshi-misooran

meeshi-misoorantan

meeshi-misheeru

meeshi-misheetaru,
meeshi-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

meeshi-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

meesu-tan

meesu-shi

meesu-shiga

meesu-kutu

meesu-na

meesu-raa

meesu-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

meesabiyun,
meesabiin

meesabitan

meesabiran

meesabirantan

meesabiyuru,
meesabiiru

meesabitaru

meeshumi

meechii

meesani

meesantii

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:もやす【燃やす】、ひをつける【火をつける】、やく【焼く・燬く・焚く】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, October 13). めーすん【燃ーすん・燃すん】 : meesun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 13, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6554/meesun/.