空知

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
空	知
そら Grade: 1	ち Grade: 2
kun’yomi	on’yomi

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Sorachi

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Etymology edit

Derived from Ainu ソラㇷ゚チペッ (so rap ci pet), in turn a compound of Ainu so (“waterfall”) + v. rap (“to descend”, plural form of ran) + ci (plural nominalizing marker) + pet (“river”).^[1] The kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [so̞ɾa̠t͡ɕi]

Proper noun edit

空(そら)知(ち) • (Sorachi)

a place name
a surname

References edit

^ 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., visible online here

[B-1] 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., visible online here

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