言ん

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Okinawan

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Cognate with standard Japanese 言う (iu).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(っゆ) or (いゅ) ('yun or yyuntransitive

  1. to say, to tell somebody

Usage notes

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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.