いんさん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いんさん – see the following entry.
【陰惨】
[noun] sadness and gloom
(This term, いんさん (insan), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Yonaguni

Alternative forms

  • んぶさん (nbusan)

Etymology

From earlier *ibu-si-, from Proto-Ryukyuan *ubu-.

Pronunciation

  • (Sonai) IPA(key): [ínsáŋ] (tone class A)

Adjective

いんさん (insan) 

  1. heavy
    くちだみ。いんさる　むぬや　かたまにぬん
    Kuchidami. Insaru munuya katamaninun
    My back hurts. I cannot carry this heavy load.
    たがらどぅく゚や　いんさぬ　かたまにぬん
    tagaradu'nguya insanu katamaninun
    The alcove is heavy and cannot be carried.

References

  • Yonaguni Hōgen Jiten Henshū I'inkai (与那国方言辞典編集委員会) (2021) どぅなんむぬい辞典 [Dunanmunui Dictionary], Yonaguni (与那国町): Yonaguni-chō Kyōiku I'inkai (与那国町教育委員会), page 78
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