Wiktionary

cikuni

Ainu edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cikuni (Kana spelling チクニ)

  1. tree
  2. wood

Synonyms edit

References edit

  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 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 69
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