言ん

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese 言う (iu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔjuŋ̍/

Verb

(っゆ) or (いゅ) ('yun or yyuntransitive

  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.