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
Ainu dialectal forms of ニアイ (thorn)
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GroupRegionLocationWords
Hokkaido AinuSouthern/CentralHorobetsuアイ (áy, -é((H)))
Saruアイ (áy, -é((H)))
Yakumoアイ (áy, -é((H)))
NorthernAsahikawaニアイ (ní'ay), ムンナイ (múnnay), フレパイ (húrep 'ay((H)))
Nayoroアイ (áy((H)))
Soyaアイ (áy((H)))
EasternBihoroエエンニ (e'enni((H)))
Sakhalin AinuWest CoastRaichishkaニーアイ (nii'ay((H)))
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 (me, eye)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of アイ – see the following entry.
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