シサㇺ

Ainu

Etymology

(true) +‎ サㇺ (side) meaning "immediate side", referring to the Japanese island of Honshu being right next to Hokkaido, the Ainu homeland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕìꜛsám/

Noun

シサㇺ (Latin spelling sisam)

  1. Japanese (native or inhabitant of Japan)
    Synonym: トノ (tono)
  2. foreigner, non-Ainu
    Synonym: レプンクㇽ (repunkur)
  3. (Kuril) a Russian person

Proper noun

シサㇺ • (sisam)

  1. Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)
    Synonym: シサㇺモシㇼ (sisam mosir)
  2. Japanese language
    Synonym: シサㇺイタㇰ (sisam itak)
dialect table: (a) Japanese (1964)[1]
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) sísam; samó
Horobetsu (幌別) sísam
Saru (沙流) sísam
Obihiro (帯広) sísam
Bihoro (美幌) sisam
Asahikawa (旭川) sísam
Nayoro (名寄) sísam
Soya (宗谷) sísam
Karafuto (樺太) siisam, -uhu
Chishima (千島) yam shi'sam(134)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nivkh: сисам (sisam)
  • Orok: Се̄са (Sēsa)

Synonyms

Ainu dialectal forms of シサㇺ ((a) Japanese)
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GroupRegionLocationWords
Hokkaido AinuSouthern/CentralHorobetsuシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
Saruシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
Yakumoシサㇺ (sísam), サモ (samó((H)))
NorthernAsahikawaシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
Nayoroシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
Soyaシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
EasternBihoroシサㇺ (sisam((H)))
Kushiroオヤキサㇻ (oyakisar(和人)((K2021)))
Nemuroヤウンシサㇺ (yaunsisam(日本の人|[下って(そこに)居る人])((F2016)))
Obihiroシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
Sakhalin AinuWest CoastRaichishkaシーサㇺ (siisam, -uhu((H)))
Kuril AinuNorthernShumshuヤㇺシサㇺ (yam shi'sam(134)((H)))
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

References

  1. ^ 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 420
  • 単語リスト(アイヌ語・日本語)―石狩川― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Ishikari River, Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Ishikari River)[3] (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 公益財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture), 2014 (Hokkaido)