parunpe

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Ainu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From paro (mouth) +‎ un (locative particle) +‎ pe (thing), literally thing in mouth.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /páɾꜜùmpè/, /páɾꜜùnpè/

Noun

parunpe (Kana spelling パルンペ)

  1. (anatomy) tongue

References

  • 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 338
  • Sato, Tomomi, Bugaeva, Anna (2019) “The Study of Old Documents of Hokkaido and Kuril Ainu: Promise and Challenges”, in Northern Language Studies, volume 9, Hokkaido: Japan Association of Northern Languages Studies, pages 67–93