アㇰ

Ainu

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Nivkh ыкын (əkən), аӄанд (aqand, elder brother).

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Proto-Ainu *ak L (“younger brother”).[1]

Noun

アㇰ (Latin spelling ak)

  1. younger brother
dialect table: younger brother (1964)[2]
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) ák, -í; 'áknekur
Horobetsu (幌別) ák, -í
Saru (沙流) ák, -í
Obihiro (帯広) ák, -í
Bihoro (美幌) ak, -i
Asahikawa (旭川) ák, -i
Nayoro (名寄) ák
Soya (宗谷) ak, -íhi
Karafuto (樺太) ahkapo, -ho
Chishima (千島) akibo (135)
Synonyms
Ainu dialectal forms of アㇰ (younger brother)
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GroupRegionLocationWords
Hokkaido AinuSouthern/CentralHidakaアㇰポ (akpo), アㇰトノ (aktono), アㇰトノケ (aktonoke((C3)))
Horobetsuアㇰ (ák, -í((H)))
Saruアㇰ (ák, -í((H)))
Yakumoアㇰ (ák, -í), アㇰネクㇽ ('áknekur((H)))
NorthernAsahikawaアㇰ (ák, -i((H)))
Chikabumiアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Nayoroアㇰ (ák((H)))
Soyaアㇰ (ak, -íhi((H)))
EasternBihoroアㇰ (ak, -i((H)))
Fushikoアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Harutoriアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Kushiroアㇰ (ak, -i(弟)((K2021)))
Nemuroアㇰ (ak, -i(弟)), アケアキ (ake/aki(弟|[身の末])((F2016)))
Obihiroアㇰ (ák, -í((H)))
Shiranukaアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Sakhalin AinuWest CoastChiraiアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Raichishkaアㇵカポ (ahkapo, -ho((H)))
Tarantomariアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
East CoastNiitoiアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Kuril AinuNorthernShumshuアキボ (akibo (135)((H)))
SouthernSouth Kurilハポ (hapo《兄弟》((BS)))
This table shows various dialectal forms in Ainu languages. The classification into Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and Kuril groups is based on geographical distribution.
((CW)): 知里真志保・和田文治郎(1943)「樺太アイヌ語に於ける人体関係名彙」『樺太庁博物館報告』5(1): 39-80
((C1)): 知里真志保(1953)『分類アイヌ語辞典. 第1巻 (植物篇)』日本常民文化研究所
((C3)): 知里真志保(1954)『分類アイヌ語辞典. 第3巻 (人間篇)』日本常民文化研究所
((HC)): 服部四郎・知里真志保(1960)「アイヌ語諸方言の基礎語彙統計学的研究」『民族學研究』24(4): 307-342,日本文化人類学会
((C2)): 知里真志保(1962)『分類アイヌ語辞典. 第2巻 (動物篇)』日本常民文化研究所
((H)): 服部四郎 編(1964)『アイヌ語方言辞典』岩波書店
((V)): Alexander Vovin (1993) A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu. Leiden: E.J. Brill
((F2016)): 深澤美香(2016)「〈資料紹介〉加賀家文書「[蝦夷語和解]」―蝦夷通辞・加賀伝蔵による『藻汐草』の語釈本―」千葉大学大学院人文社会科学研究科研究プロジェクト報告書 298: 81
((K2021)): 釧路アイヌ語の会 編(2021)『釧路地方のアイヌ語語彙集』藤田印刷エクセレントブックス
((BS)): Anna Bugaeva and Tomomi Sato (2021) A Kuril Ainu Glossary by Captain V. M. Golovnin (1811). International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics 3(2): 171-216

Etymology 3

Verb

アㇰ (Latin spelling ak)

  1. to shoot with an arrow

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (1993) Leiden: E.J. Brill, editors, A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu.
  2. ^ 服部四郎 (Shirō Hattori) (1964) アイヌ語方言辞典 (Ainu Go Hōgen Jiten, An Ainu Dialect Dictionary)[1] (in Japanese), Japan: 岩波書店 (Iwanami Shoten)
  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)[2], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 22
  • ak (アㇰ)”, in Ainu-English Dictionary[3], TranslationDirectory.com, 25 April 2023 (last accessed)