シサㇺ

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Ainu

Etymology

シ (“true”) +‎ サㇺ (“side”) meaning "immediate side", referring to the Japanese island of Honshu being right next to Hokkaido, the Ainu homeland.

Pronunciation

Noun

シサㇺ (Latin spelling sisam)

  1. Japanese (native or inhabitant of Japan)
    Synonym: トノ (tono)
  2. foreigner, non-Ainu
    Synonym: レプンクㇽ (repunkur)
  3. (Kuril) a Russian person

Proper noun

シサㇺ • (sisam)

  1. Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)
    Synonym: シサㇺモシㇼ (sisam mosir)
  2. Japanese language
    Synonym: シサㇺイタㇰ (sisam itak)
Map of Ainu Language: (a) Japanese
dialect table: (a) Japanese (1964)
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) sísam; samó
Horobetsu (幌別) sísam
Saru (沙流) sísam
Obihiro (帯広) sísam
Bihoro (美幌) sisam
Asahikawa (旭川) sísam
Nayoro (名寄) sísam
Soya (宗谷) sísam
Karafuto (樺太) siisam, -uhu
Chishima (千島) yam shi'sam(134)
Map of Ainu Language: Russian(s)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Nivkh: сисам (sisam)
  • → Orok: Се̄са (Sēsa)

Synonyms

Ainu dialectal forms of シサㇺ (“(a) Japanese”)
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GroupRegionLocationWords
Hokkaido AinuSouthern/CentralHorobetsuシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
Saruシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
Yakumoシサㇺ (sísam), サモ (samó((H)))
NorthernAsahikawaシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
Nayoroシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
Soyaシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
EasternBihoroシサㇺ (sisam((H)))
Kushiroオヤキサㇻ (oyakisar(和人)((K2021)))
Nemuroヤウンシサㇺ (yaunsisam(日本の人|)((F2016)))
Obihiroシサㇺ (sísam((H)))
Sakhalin AinuWest CoastRaichishkaシーサㇺ (siisam, -uhu((H)))
Kuril AinuNorthernShumshuヤㇺシサㇺ (yam shi'sam(134)((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
((F2016)): 深澤美香（2016）「〈資料紹介〉加賀家文書「［蝦夷語和解］」―蝦夷通辞・加賀伝蔵による『藻汐草』の語釈本―」千葉大学大学院人文社会科学研究科研究プロジェクト報告書 298: 81
((K2021)): 釧路アイヌ語の会 編（2021）『釧路地方のアイヌ語語彙集』藤田印刷エクセレントブックス
((BS)): Anna Bugaeva and Tomomi Sato (2021) A Kuril Ainu Glossary by Captain V. M. Golovnin (1811). International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics 3(2): 171-216

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”)‎ (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 420
  • 単語リスト（アイヌ語・日本語）―石狩川― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Ishikari River, “Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Ishikari River”)‎ (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 公益財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2014 (Hokkaido)
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