ペッノカ

Ainu

Alternative forms

  • ニソルンペッ (Hokkaido, Yakumo)
  • モシンノカ (Hokkaido, Bihoro)

Etymology

ペッ (a river) +‎ ノカ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pét.no.ka/, [pét̚.no.ka]

Noun

ペッノカ • (pét­noka)

  1. (Hokkaido) the Milky Way
    petnoka eci=nukar. (Saru)
    You shall see the Milky Way.
    niskur an wa petnoka ka somo nukar. (Saru)
    There were clouds and the Milky Way was not visible.
dialect table: the Milky Way (1964)[1]
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) nisórunpet
Horobetsu (幌別) pét­noka
Saru (沙流) pét­noka
Obihiro (帯広) pét­noka
Bihoro (美幌) mosinnoka
Asahikawa (旭川) nískototta pét­noka 'án.《空に天の河がある》
Nayoro (名寄) pét­noka
Soya (宗谷) 知らない
Karafuto (樺太) 見たことがない(!)
Chishima (千島)

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)