アイカㇷ゚

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aj.kap/, [ʔaj.kap̚]

Etymology 1

Proto-Ainu *aykap HL (“to be unskillful”, “to be unable”).

Verb

アイカㇷ゚ (plural アイカッパ, causative アイカㇷ゚テ, applicative エアイカㇷ゚)

1. (intransitive, stative, auxiliary) to be unable, to be clumsy at, to be awkward doing (something), to be unskilled, to be useless

   Synonyms: アッペネ, コヤイクㇱ, エヤイランカㇻ

   Antonyms: アㇲカイ, アㇱカイ

   エアイカㇷ゚ ルウェ アン！

   You’re so useless!

Conjugation

Conjugation of aykap (intransitive, 1-slot)

	singular	plural
1st-person	k(u)=aykap	aykappa=as
2nd-person	e=aykap	eci=aykappa
3rd-person	aykap	aykappa
4th-person	aykap=an	aykappa=an

^†1st-person plurals are exclusive. Inclusive 1st-person plurals are denoted by 4th-person.
^†4th-person: indefinite person, 1st-person inclusive plural, logophorical person, 2nd-person honorific, etc.
See Ainu grammar.

Derived terms

• アイカㇷ゚サマ (aykapsama): on the left-hand side; with the left hand; an awkward person

Etymology 2

アイカㇷ゚ (aykap): the shell of a scallop.

Noun

アイカㇷ゚

1. (alienable, countable) a scallop of genus Pecten

   ピㇱ サマ タ レ アイカㇷ゚ クパパ。

   I’ve found three scallops next to the beach.

Derived terms

• アイカㇷ゚セイ (aykapsei): a scallop shell

References

• 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.