otop
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Ainu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- etop (Yakumo dialect)
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
otop (Kana spelling オトㇷ゚, possessed form otopi)
- hair (on the head)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived 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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
otop m inan