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cikuni

Ainu

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Etymology

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From ni (“tree”). The first part is probably related to Nivkh тиғр (țiγr), чӽар̌ (ț’ẋař, “tree”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cikuni (Kana spelling チクニ)

  1. tree
  2. wood

Synonyms

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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

Further reading

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  • 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 69
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