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おーいん

ooin

Pronunciation: [ʔoːiŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

  1. To fight, to quarrel, to altercate, to wrangle, to brawl

Notes

Derived terms:

おーいぇー・おーえー ooyee ~ ooee "a fight, a quarrel, a brawl".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanaおーいん
Romanizationooin
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔoːiŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ru-type verb: ooyun ~ ooin

 

 

ooyun,

ooin

ootan

ooran

oorantan

ooyuru,

ooiru

ootaru

ootoon

ootootan

ooteewuran

ooteewurantan

ootooru

ootootaru

Causative

oorasun

oorachan

oorasan

oorasantan

oorasuru

ooracharu

Passive and Potential

oorariyun,
oorariin

ooraritan,
oorattan

oorariran,
ooraran

oorarirantan,
ooraratan

oorariyuru,
oorariiru

ooraritaru,
oorattaru

Causative-Passive

oorasariyun,
oorasariin

oorasaritan

oorasariran

oorasarirantan

oorasariyuru,
oorasariiru

oorasariraru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

ooteen

ooteetan

ooteeneen

ooteeneentan

ooteeru

ooteetaru

ootoochun

ootoochan

ooteeukan

ooteeukantan

ootoochuru

ootoocharu

Base forms

Form

Construction

oor-

ooyun,

ooin

ooyuru,

ooiru

ooyu-,

ooi-

ooi

oora

ooti

ootai

oori,
ooree

ooree

Common attributive (adnominal) constructions

Form

Construction

ooyuru haji,

ooiru haji

ooyuru gutu,

ooiru gutu

ooyuru mee,

ooiru mee

ooyuru qweeda, ooyuru-qweema,

ooiru qweeda, ooiru-qweema

ooyuru tami ni,

ooiru tami ni

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

ooti-kwimisooree

ooti-kwiin

ooti-neen

ooti-n

ooti-kara

ooti-atu

Common adverbial constructions (adjectival compounds)

Form

 

ooi-busan

ooi-busantan

ooi-bushikoo neen,

ooi-bushikoo neeran

ooi-bushikoo neentan,

ooi-bushikoo neerantan

ooi-busaru

ooi-busataru

Easy to...

ooi-yassan

ooi-yassantan

ooi-yashikoo neen,

ooi-yashikoo neeran

ooi-yashikoo neentan,

ooi-yashikoo neerantan

ooi-yassaru

ooi-yassataru

Hard to...

ooi-gurisan

ooi-gurisantan

ooi-gurikoo neen,

ooi-gurikoo neeran

ooi-gurikoo neentan,

ooi-gurikoo neerantan

ooi-gurisaru

ooi-gurisataru

Common adverbial constructions (verbal compounds)

Form

 

ooi-misheen,

oo-misheen

ooi-misheentan,

oo-misheentan

ooi-misooran,

oo-misooran

ooi-misoorantan,

oo-misoorantan

ooi-misheeru,

oo-misheeru

ooi-misheetaru,

oo-misheetaru,

ooi-misoocharu,

oo-misoocharu

Common adverbial constructions (nominal compounds)

Form

Construction

ooi-gachii

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

ooyu-tan,

ooi-tan

ooyu-shi,

ooi-shi

ooyu-shiga,

ooi-shiga

ooyu-kutu,

ooi-kutu

ooyu-na,

ooi-na

ooyu-ra

ooi-ra

ooyu-ga,

ooi-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

ooyabiyun,
ooyabiin,

ooibiyun,
ooibiin

ooyabitan,

ooibitan

ooyabiran,

ooibiran

ooyabirantan,

ooibirantan

ooyabiyuru,
ooyabiiru,

ooibiyuru,
ooibiiru

ooyabitaru,

ooibitaru

ooyumi,

ooimi

ootii

oorani

oorantii

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. (2023, July 30). おーいん : ooin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/690/ooin/.