言ん

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
言
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese 言う (iu).

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.