アイ

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See also: あい and Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Ainu

Noun

アイ • (ay)

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References

  • Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan
  • “ay (アイ)”, in Ainu-English Dictionary‎, TranslationDirectory.com, 2023 May 1 (last accessed)

Japanese

 アイ on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English i.

Noun

アイ • (ai) 

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I.
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English eye.

Noun

アイ • (ai) 

  1. Synonym of 目 (me, “eye”)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of アイ – see the following entry.
【藍あい】S
the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria
the color indigo, from the dye processed from the stems and leaves of various indigo plants
Short for 藍蝋 (airō): indigo pigment made from boiled-down indigo dye liquid
a female given name
a surname
(This term, アイ, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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