otop
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Ainu
Alternative forms
- etop (Yakumo dialect)
Etymology
The Yakumo Ainu エトㇷ゚ (etop) form seems to preserve the original vocalism of the first syllable. In Sakhalin dialectal varieties, ruusis (“hair”) is used instead.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
otop (Kana spelling オトㇷ゚, possessed form otopi)
- hair (on the head)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- otopsak (“bald”)
See also
- numa (“body hair”)
References
- ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (2016) “On the Linguistic Prehistory of Hokkaidō”, in Gruzdeva Ekaterina, Janhunen Juha, editors, Crosslinguistics and Linguistic Crossings in Northeast Asia. Papers on the Languages of Sakhalin and Adjacent Regions (Studia Orientalia; 117), Helsinki, pages 29–38.
Further reading
- 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 328
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
otop m inan