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