トイトイ

Ainu

Noun

トイトイ • (toytoy)

  1. (Hokkaido) soil

Synonyms

  • トイ (Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Kuril)

Etymology

Proto-Ainu *tOy (“earth”, “soil”, “ground”, “land”).[1]

Pronunciation

dialect table: earth (1960)[2]
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) tóytoy
Oshamambe (長万部) tóytoy
Horobetsu (幌別) tóytoy
Hiratori (平取) tóytoy
Nukkibetsu (貫気別) tóytoy
Niikappu (新冠) tóytoy
Samani (様似) tóytoy
Obihiro (帯広) tóy
Kushiro (釧路) tóy
Bihoro (美幌) tóy
Asahikawa (旭川) tóy
Nayoro (名寄) tóy
Soya (宗谷) tóy
Ochiho (落帆) tóy
Tarantomari (多蘭泊) tóy
Maoka (真岡) tóy
Shiraura (白浦) tóy
Raichishka (ライチシカ) tóy
Nairo (内路) tóy

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (1993), Leiden: E.J. Brill, editors, A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu.
  2. ^ 服部四郎・知里真志保 (Shirō Hattori & Mashiho Chiri) (1960), 『アイヌ語諸方言の基礎語彙統計学的研究』「民族學研究」 (Ainu Go Shohōgen No Kiso Goi Tōkeigaku Teki Kenkyū, A Lexicostatistic Study on the Ainu Dialects)[1] (in Japanese), Japan: 日本文化人類学会 (Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology)