フレシサㇺ

Ainu

Etymology

フレ (red) +‎ シサㇺ (foreign, Japanese), literally meaning "red foreigners", referring to the Russians' coloured hair.

Noun

フレシサㇺ • (hure sisam)

  1. (Hokkaido) Caucasian
  2. (Hokkaido) foreigner
  3. (Hokkaido) Russians, Russian people
dialect table: foreigner (1964)[1]
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) repúnkur ; húresisam《白人》
Horobetsu (幌別) repúnkur
Saru (沙流) repúnkur ; húresisam《白人》
Obihiro (帯広) repúnkur ; húresisam《白人》
Bihoro (美幌) repunkur
Asahikawa (旭川) repún kur ; repún 'áynu ; húre sisam《白人》
Nayoro (名寄) repúnkur ; húresisam《白人》
Soya (宗谷) 8と同じ; repúnkurは《樺太の人》
Karafuto (樺太) hankahpaaki ciwantepe; 'oyakunpe[悪]《日本人以外の外国人》
Chishima (千島)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ 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)