クンギ

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Ainu

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 釘 (kugi) with a complementary typical Ainu nasalisation, hence the n.

Noun

クンギ • (kungi)

  1. nail (spike made of metal or hard material used to stick something)

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., page 250
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