ノンノ

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nónꜜnò/

Etymology 1

Noun

ノンノ (Latin spelling nonno)

1. (Hokkaido, botany) flower

   Synonyms: トㇺ (tom), エプィケ (epuyke), エプィゲ (epuyge)

Etymology 2

Likely related to Hokkaidō Ainu ウヌ (unu, “mother”).

Noun

ノンノ (Latin spelling nonno)

1. (dialectal, Kuril) mother

   Synonyms: ハポ (hapo), ウヌ (unu), トㇳト (totto)

Etymology 3

Interjection

ノンノ (Latin spelling nonno)

1. exclamation of pleasure

   Synonym: オノンノ (onono)

References

• John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎^[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 294
• Sato, Tomomi, Bugaeva, Anna (2019) “The Study of Old Documents of Hokkaido and Kuril Ainu: Promise and Challenges”, in Northern Language Studies‎^[2], volume 9, Hokkaido: Japan Association of Northern Languages Studies, pages 67–93