ピリカ
See also: pirika
Ainu
Alternative forms
- ピㇼカ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /píɾ.ka/
- IPA(key): /pi.ɾi.ka/
| area | pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Yakumo (八雲) | pírka |
| Oshamambe (長万部) | pírka |
| Horobetsu (幌別) | pírka |
| Hiratori (平取) | pírka |
| Nukkibetsu (貫気別) | pírka |
| Niikappu (新冠) | pírka |
| Samani (様似) | pírka |
| Obihiro (帯広) | pírka |
| Kushiro (釧路) | pírka |
| Bihoro (美幌) | pírka |
| Asahikawa (旭川) | pírka |
| Nayoro (名寄) | pírka |
| Soya (宗谷) | pírka |
| Ochiho (落帆) | pirika |
| Tarantomari (多蘭泊) | pirika |
| Maoka (真岡) | pirika |
| Shiraura (白浦) | pirika |
| Raichishka (ライチシカ) | pirika |
| Nairo (内路) | pirika |
Adjective
ピリカ • (pirika)
- (Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Kuril) good
- (Sakhalin) beautiful
- (Sakhalin) health
- adequate
- admirable
- safe, sure
- correct
Verb
ピリカ • (pirika) (intransitive)
- To be good.
Etymology
Proto-Ainu *pir(=)ka H(-)L (“to be good”).[2]
Derived terms
- エト゚ピㇼカ (etu pirka, “tuffed puffin”)
- ピリカ ワ (pirika wa, “you are welcome”)
- ピㇼカメノコ (pirika menoko, “a beautiful woman”)
Antonyms
- ウェン (“evil”)
Descendants
- → Orok: пирика (pirika)
References
- ^ 服部四郎・知里真志保 (Shirō Hattori & Mashiho Chiri) (1960) 『アイヌ語諸方言の基礎語彙統計学的研究』「民族學研究」 (Ainu Go Shohōgen No Kiso Goi Tōkeigaku Teki Kenkyū, “A Lexicostatistic Study on the Ainu Dialects”)[1] (in Japanese), Japan: 日本文化人類学会 (“Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology”)
- ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (1993) Leiden: E.J. Brill, editors, A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu.
- Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan
- 単語リスト（アイヌ語・日本語）―カラフト― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Karafuto River, “Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Karafuto River”)[2] (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 (Sakhalin)