Ainu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Nivkh ытик (əțik), атик (ațik).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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アㇵチ (Latin spelling ahci, possessed form アㇵチヒ)

  1. (dialectal, Sakhalin) grandmother (direct address)
    Synonyms: フチ (huci), ルㇷ゚ネマチ (rupnemaci)

References

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  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (2016) “On the Linguistic Prehistory of Hokkaidō”, in Gruzdeva Ekaterina, Janhunen Juha, editors, Crosslinguistics and Linguistic Crossings in Northeast Asia. Papers on the Languages of Sakhalin and Adjacent Regions (Studia Orientalia; 117), Helsinki, pages 29–38.