アㇰ

Ainu

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Nivkh ыкын (əkən), аӄанд (aqand, “elder brother”).

Alternative forms

• アキ

Noun

アㇰ (Latin spelling ak)

1. younger brother

Etymology 2

Verb

アㇰ (Latin spelling ak)

1. to shoot with an arrow

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 22
• “ak （アㇰ）”, in Ainu-English Dictionary‎^[2], TranslationDirectory.com, 2023 April 25 (last accessed)