ラッコ

Ainu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾák.ko/, [ɾák̚.ko]

Noun

ラッコ (Latin spelling rakko)

(Hokkaido, Kuril) a sea otter

dialect table: sea otter (1964)^[1]
area	pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲)	rákko
Horobetsu (幌別)
Saru (沙流)	rákko(?)
Obihiro (帯広)
Bihoro (美幌)
Asahikawa (旭川)
Nayoro (名寄)
Soya (宗谷)
Karafuto (樺太)	rahko
Chishima (千島)	rakko

Descendants

→ Japanese: ラッコ (rakko)

References

^ 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”)

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)”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Fukuoka: 村山七郎 (Murayama Shichirō), 1970 (Kuril)

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ainu ラッコ (rakko).

Noun

ラッコ or らっこ • (rakko)

猟虎, 獺虎, 海獺: a sea otter

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).