ヤㇺ

Ainu

Alternative forms

Noun

ヤㇺ • (yam)

  1. (Hokkaido) Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
  2. (Sakhalin, Kuril) leaf

Etymology

Proto-Ainu *hrA= L (“leaf”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jam/
dialect table: leaf (1960)[2]
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) hám
Oshamambe (長万部) hám
Horobetsu (幌別) hám
Hiratori (平取) hám
Nukkibetsu (貫気別) hám
Niikappu (新冠) hám
Samani (様似) hám
Obihiro (帯広) hám
Kushiro (釧路) hám
Bihoro (美幌) hám
Asahikawa (旭川) hám
Nayoro (名寄) hám
Soya (宗谷) hám
Ochiho (落帆) yaɴ,-m
Tarantomari (多蘭泊) yam
Maoka (真岡) yam
Shiraura (白浦) yam
Raichishka (ライチシカ) yam
Nairo (内路) yam

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (1993) Leiden: E.J. Brill, editors, A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu.
  2. ^ 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)
  • 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)[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 (Hokkaido)
  • DYBOWSKI のシュムシュ島アイヌ語資料について(第1部) (DYBOWSKI No Shumushu Tō Ainu Go Shiryō Ni Tsuite (Dai 1 Bu), On DYBOWSKI's Shumshu Island Ainu Language Materials (Part 1))[3] (in Japanese), Fukuoka: 村山七郎 (Murayama Shichirō), 1970 (Kuril)