アㇰ

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Ainu

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Nivkh ыкын (əkən), аӄанд (aqand, “elder brother”).

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Proto-Ainu *ak L (“younger brother”).

Noun

アㇰ (Latin spelling ak)

  1. younger brother
Map of Ainu Language: younger brother
dialect table: younger brother (1964)
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) ák, -í; 'áknekur
Horobetsu (幌別) ák, -í
Saru (沙流) ák, -í
Obihiro (帯広) ák, -í
Bihoro (美幌) ak, -i
Asahikawa (旭川) ák, -i
Nayoro (名寄) ák
Soya (宗谷) ak, -íhi
Karafuto (樺太) ahkapo, -ho
Chishima (千島) akibo (135)

Synonyms

Ainu dialectal forms of アㇰ (“younger brother”)
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GroupRegionLocationWords
Hokkaido AinuSouthern/CentralHidakaアㇰポ (akpo), アㇰトノ (aktono), アㇰトノケ (aktonoke((C3)))
Horobetsuアㇰ (ák, -í((H)))
Saruアㇰ (ák, -í((H)))
Yakumoアㇰ (ák, -í), アㇰネクㇽ ('áknekur((H)))
NorthernAsahikawaアㇰ (ák, -i((H)))
Chikabumiアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Nayoroアㇰ (ák((H)))
Soyaアㇰ (ak, -íhi((H)))
EasternBihoroアㇰ (ak, -i((H)))
Fushikoアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Harutoriアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Kushiroアㇰ (ak, -i(弟)((K2021)))
Nemuroアㇰ (ak, -i(弟),ake/aki(弟|)((F2016)))
Obihiroアㇰ (ák, -í((H)))
Shiranukaアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Sakhalin AinuWest CoastChiraiアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Raichishkaアㇵカポ (ahkapo, -ho((H)))
Tarantomariアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
East CoastNiitoiアㇰ (ak(-i)((C3)))
Kuril AinuNorthernShumshuアキオ (akibo (135)((H)))
This table shows various dialectal forms in Ainu languages. The classification into Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and Kuril groups is based on geographical distribution.
((CW)): 知里真志保・和田文治郎（1943）「樺太アイヌ語に於ける人体関係名彙」『樺太庁博物館報告』5(1): 39-80
((C1)): 知里真志保（1953）『分類アイヌ語辞典. 第1巻 (植物篇)』日本常民文化研究所
((C3)): 知里真志保（1954）『分類アイヌ語辞典. 第3巻 (人間篇)』日本常民文化研究所
((HC)): 服部四郎・知里真志保（1960）「アイヌ語諸方言の基礎語彙統計学的研究」『民族學研究』24(4): 307-342，日本文化人類学会
((C2)): 知里真志保（1962）『分類アイヌ語辞典. 第2巻 (動物篇)』日本常民文化研究所
((H)): 服部四郎 編（1964）『アイヌ語方言辞典』岩波書店
((V)): Alexander Vovin (1993) A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu. Leiden: E.J. Brill

Etymology 3

Verb

アㇰ (Latin spelling ak)

  1. to shoot with an arrow

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (1993) Leiden: E.J. Brill, editors, A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu.
  2. ^ 服部四郎 (Shirō Hattori) (1964) アイヌ語方言辞典 (Ainu Go Hōgen Jiten, “An Ainu Dialect Dictionary”)‎ (in Japanese), Japan: 岩波書店 (“Iwanami Shoten”)
  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 22
  • “ak （アㇰ）”, in Ainu-English Dictionary‎, TranslationDirectory.com, 2023 April 25 (last accessed)
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