otop
Ainu edit
Alternative forms edit
- etop (Yakumo dialect)
Etymology edit
The Yakumo Ainu エトㇷ゚ (etop) form seems to preserve the original vocalism of the first syllable. In Sakhalin dialectal varieties, ruusis (“hair”) is used instead.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
otop (Kana spelling オトㇷ゚, possessed form otopi)
- hair (on the head)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- otopsak (“bald”)
See also edit
- numa (“body hair”)
References edit
- ^ 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 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., page 328
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
otop m inan