アイヌ
See also: アィヌ
Ainu edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
アイヌ (Latin spelling aynu)
- person, human being
- (more specifically) Ainu person; the Ainu people
- man (adult male)
- comrade
- (with possessives) father, husband
Usage notes edit
This spelling is more common than アィヌ.
The Ainu pronunciation of this term has only two morae, so academic materials may spell this term in kana with the small ィ, or in romaji with a y, to explicitly indicate that the initial vowel is the single-mora diphthong ay (/ai̯/), and not the two-mora diphthong a i (/a.i/).
However, there is no three-mora term a i nu in the Ainu language, and most Ainu texts written in katakana use this spelling instead.
Coordinate terms edit
- ミチ (mici, “father”)
- ホク (hoku, “husband”)
- シウェンテㇷ゚ (siwentep, “woman”)
- メノコ (menoko, “woman, girl”)
- マッ (mat, “woman, wife, mother”)
- マチ (maci, “wife”)
- ハポ (hapo, “mother”)
- ヘカチ (hekaci, “boy”)
References edit
- John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)[2], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co.
- 中級アイヌ語―美幌― (Chūkyū Ainu-go - Bihoro, “Intermediate Ainu: Bihoro”)[3] (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2011
Japanese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ainu アイヌ (aynu, “person, human being”).[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- アイヌ犬 (ainu inu): the Ainu-ken dog breed
- アイヌ語 (ainugo): the Ainu language
- アイヌ人 (ainujin): an Ainu person, the Ainu people
- アイヌ山葵 (ainu wasabi): “Ainu wasabi”: Cardamine valida, a kind of bitter cress
References edit
- ^ “アイヌ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN