言ん

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
言
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *ii (“say”), from Proto-Japonic *ipu (“say”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔjuŋ̍/

Verb

言(っゆ)ん or 言(いゅ)ん ('yun or yyun) transitive

  1. to say, to tell somebody

Usage notes

As a transitive verb, this can take objects too. However, it is much more common to see this with the quotative particle んでぃ (ndi) instead.

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