otop
Ainu
editAlternative forms
edit- etop (Yakumo dialect)
Etymology
editThe 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
editNoun
editotop (Kana spelling オトㇷ゚, possessed form otopi)
- hair (on the head)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- otopsak (“bald”)
See also
edit- numa (“body hair”)
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 328
Czech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editotop m inan