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ちみたちゅん【積み立ちゅん・積立ちゅん】

chimitachun

Pronunciation: [t͡ɕimitat͡ɕuŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To accumulate

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese つみたてる【積み立てる・積立てる】  tsumitateru "to accumulate".

Historical attestations

  • 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「つィみたちゆん」積立(ツミタツ)".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji積み立ちゅん
積立ちゅん
Kanaちみたちゅん
Romanizationchimitachun
Pronunciation (IPA)[t͡ɕimitat͡ɕuŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan tu-type verb: chimitachun

 

 

chimitachun

chimitacchan

chimitatan

chimitatantan

chimitachuru

chimitaccharu

chimitacchoon

chimitacchootan

chimitaccheewuran

chimitaccheewurantan

chimitacchooru

chimitacchootaru

Causative

chimitatasun

chimitatachan

chimitatasan

chimitatasantan

chimitatasuru

chimitatacharu

Passive and Potential

chimitatariyun,
chimitatariin

chimitataritan,
chimitatattan

chimitatariran,
chimitataran

chimitatarirantan,
chimitataratan

chimitatariyuru,
chimitatariiru

chimitataritaru,
chimitatattaru

Causative-Passive

chimitatasariyun,
chimitatasariin

chimitatasaritan

chimitatasariran

chimitatasarirantan

chimitanasariyuru,
chimitanasariiru

chimitanasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

chimitaccheen

chimitaccheetan

chimitaccheeneen

chimitaccheeneentan

chimitaccheeru

chimitaccheetaru

chimitacchoochun

chimitacchoochan

chimitaccheeukan

chimitaccheeukantan

chimitacchoochuru

chimitacchoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

chimitat-

chimitachun

chimitachuru

chimitachu-

chimitachi

chimitata

chimitacchi

chimitacchai

chimitati,
chimitatee

chimitatee

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

chimitachuru haji

chimitachuru gutu

chimitachuru mee

chimitachuru qweeda, chimitachuru-qweema

chimitachuru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

chimitacchi-kwimisooree

chimitacchi-kwiin

chimitacchi-neen

chimitacchi-n

chimitacchi-kara

chimitacchi-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

chimitachi-busan

chimitachi-busantan

chimitachi-bushikoo neen,

chimitachi-bushikoo neeran

chimitachi-bushikoo neentan,

chimitachi-bushikoo neerantan

chimitachi-busaru

chimitachi-busataru

Easy to...

chimitachi-yassan

chimitachi-yassantan

chimitachi-yashikoo neen,

chimitachi-yashikoo neeran

chimitachi-yashikoo neentan,

chimitachi-yashikoo neerantan

chimitachi-yassaru

chimitachi-yassataru

Hard to...

chimitachi-gurisan

chimitachi-gurisantan

chimitachi-gurikoo neen,

chimitachi-gurikoo neeran

chimitachi-gurikoo neentan,

chimitachi-gurikoo neerantan

chimitachi-gurisaru

chimitachi-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

chimitachi-misheen

chimitachi-misheentan

chimitachi-misooran

chimitachi-misoorantan

chimitachi-misheeru

chimitachi-misheetaru,
chimitachi-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

chimitachi-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

chimitachu-tan

chimitachu-shi

chimitachu-shiga

chimitachu-kutu

chimitachu-na

chimitachu-raa

chimitachu-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

chimitatabiyun,
chimitatabiin

chimitatabitan

chimitatabiran

chimitatabirantan

chimitatabiyuru,
chimitatabiiru

chimitatabitaru

chimitachumi

chimitacchii

chimitatani

chimitatantii

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:つみたてる【積み立てる・積立てる】

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積み立ちゅん
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2024, November 17). ちみたちゅん【積み立ちゅん・積立ちゅん】 : chimitachun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 21, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6759/chimitachun/.