アイ

See also: あい and Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Ainu

Etymology

Proto-Ainu *agi LL (“arrow”).[1]

Proto-Ainu *ay L ( < *agi LL if related to *agi “arrow”) (“thorn”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /áj/, [ʔáj]

Noun

アイ • (ay)

  1. (Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Kuril) arrow
dialect table: arrow (1964)[3]
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) áy, -é
Horobetsu (幌別) áy
Saru (沙流) áy, -é
Obihiro (帯広) áy
Bihoro (美幌) ay
Asahikawa (旭川) áy
Nayoro (名寄) áy
Soya (宗谷) áy
Karafuto (樺太) ay
Chishima (千島) ai(147,157)

Synonyms

Ainu dialectal forms of アイ (“arrow”)
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GroupRegionLocationWords
Hokkaido AinuSouthern/CentralHorobetsuアイ (áy((H)))
Saruアイ (áy, -é((H)))
Yakumoアイ (áy, -é((H)))
NorthernAsahikawaアイ (áy((H)))
Nayoroアイ (áy((H)))
Soyaアイ (áy((H)))
EasternBihoroアイ (ay((H)))
Kushiroアイ (ay(矢)), チロㇱ (ciros(花矢(イヨマンテの時に使う))((K2021)))
Obihiroアイ (áy((H)))
Sakhalin AinuWest CoastRaichishkaアイ (ay((H)))
Kuril AinuNorthernShumshuアイ (ai(147;157)((H))), チャㇻカイチャㇻㇰーイ (carkay ?< cark=ay《小さなショット》((V)))
This table shows various dialectal forms in Ainu languages. The classification into Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and Kuril groups is based on geographical distribution.
((CW)): 知里真志保・和田文治郎（1943）「樺太アイヌ語に於ける人体関係名彙」『樺太庁博物館報告』5(1): 39-80
((C1)): 知里真志保（1953）『分類アイヌ語辞典. 第1巻 (植物篇)』日本常民文化研究所
((C3)): 知里真志保（1954）『分類アイヌ語辞典. 第3巻 (人間篇)』日本常民文化研究所
((HC)): 服部四郎・知里真志保（1960）「アイヌ語諸方言の基礎語彙統計学的研究」『民族學研究』24(4): 307-342，日本文化人類学会
((C2)): 知里真志保（1962）『分類アイヌ語辞典. 第2巻 (動物篇)』日本常民文化研究所
((H)): 服部四郎 編（1964）『アイヌ語方言辞典』岩波書店
((V)): Alexander Vovin (1993) A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu. Leiden: E.J. Brill
((F2016)): 深澤美香（2016）「〈資料紹介〉加賀家文書「［蝦夷語和解］」―蝦夷通辞・加賀伝蔵による『藻汐草』の語釈本―」千葉大学大学院人文社会科学研究科研究プロジェクト報告書 298: 81
((K2021)): 釧路アイヌ語の会 編（2021）『釧路地方のアイヌ語語彙集』藤田印刷エクセレントブックス
((BS)): Anna Bugaeva and Tomomi Sato (2021) A Kuril Ainu Glossary by Captain V. M. Golovnin (1811). International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics 3(2): 171-216

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (1993) Leiden: E.J. Brill, editors, A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu.
  2. ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (1993) Leiden: E.J. Brill, editors, A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu.
  3. ^ 服部四郎 (Shirō Hattori) (1964) アイヌ語方言辞典 (Ainu Go Hōgen Jiten, “An Ainu Dialect Dictionary”)‎[1] (in Japanese), Japan: 岩波書店 (“Iwanami Shoten”)
  • Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan
  • “ay (アイ)”, in Ainu-English Dictionary‎[2], TranslationDirectory.com, 1 May 2023 (last accessed)
  • 単語リスト（アイヌ語・日本語）―石狩川― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Ishikari River, “Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Ishikari River”)‎[3] (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 公益財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2014 (Hokkaido)
  • 単語リスト（アイヌ語・日本語）―カラフト― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Karafuto River, “Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Karafuto River”)‎[4] (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 公益財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2014 (Sakhalin)
  • 『千島アイヌ』「千島地名普通單語集」 (Chishima Ainu - Chishima Chimei Futsū Tango Shū, “Kuril Islands Ainu - Kuril place name common word list”)‎[5] (in Japanese), Hokkaidō: 鳥居龍藏 (Torii Ryūzō), 1903 (Kuril)
  • DYBOWSKI のシュムシュ島アイヌ語資料について（第1部） (DYBOWSKI No Shumushu Tō Ainu Go Shiryō Ni Tsuite (Dai 1 Bu), “On DYBOWSKI's Shumshu Island Ainu Language Materials (Part 1)”)‎[6] (in Japanese), Fukuoka: 村山七郎 (Murayama Shichirō), 1970 (Kuril)

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English i.[1]

Noun

アイ • (ai) 

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English eye.[1]

Noun

アイ • (ai) 

  1. synonym of 目 (me, “eye”)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of アイ – see the following entry.
【藍あい】S
[noun] the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria
[noun] the color indigo, from the dye processed from the stems and leaves of various indigo plants
[noun] short for 藍蝋 (airō): indigo pigment made from boiled-down indigo dye liquid
[proper noun] a female given name
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, アイ (ai), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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