イマㇵ

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Ainu

Noun

イマㇵ (imah)

  1. tooth

Alternative forms

  • ミマㇰ (Hokkaido, Yakumo, Nukkibetsu, Niikappu)
  • ニマㇰ (Hokkaido, Oshamambe, Horobetsu, Biratori, Asahikawa, Nayoro)
  • イマㇰ (Hokkaido, Kuril)

Etymology

Proto-Ainu *ima(=)k L(-)L (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /i.mah/,

Map of Ainu Language: Tooth
dialect table: tooth (1960)
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) mimák
Oshamambe (長万部) nimák
Horobetsu (幌別) nimák
Hiratori (平取) nimák
Nukkibetsu (貫気別) mimák
Niikappu (新冠) mimák
Samani (様似) 'imak
Obihiro (帯広) 'imák
Kushiro (釧路) 'imák
Bihoro (美幌) 'imák
Asahikawa (旭川) nimák
Nayoro (名寄) nimák
Soya (宗谷) 'imák
Ochiho (落帆) 'imah
Tarantomari (多蘭泊) 'imak
Maoka (真岡) 'imah
Shiraura (白浦) 'imah
Raichishka (ライチシカ) 'imah
Nairo (内路) 'imak

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) (in Japanese), Japan: 日本文化人類学会 (Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology)