ルイ

Ainu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾúj/

Noun

ルイ • (ruy)

  1. (Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Kuril) whetstone
dialect table: whetstone (1964)[1]
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) rúy
Horobetsu (幌別) rúy
Saru (沙流) rúy
Obihiro (帯広) rúy
Bihoro (美幌) ruy
Asahikawa (旭川) rúy
Nayoro (名寄) rúy
Soya (宗谷) rúy
Karafuto (樺太) ruy
Chishima (千島) rui(149,168)

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)

Japanese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ルイ • (Rui

  1. a transliteration of the French male given name Louis
  2. a transliteration of the Spanish male given name Ruy