List of Ainu Terms - T

T

  • takahka (タカッカ) - crab (Sakhalin Ainu)
  • takne (タㇰネ) - to be short
  • tamasay (タマサィ) - beaded necklace worn by women
  • tane (タネ) - now (also タネポ tanepo, etc.)
  • tanne (タンネ) - to be long
  • tap (タプ) - shoulder, arm
    • tapsut (タプスッ) - shoulder
  • tek (テㇰ) - hand, arm (explicitly possessed form teke ~ tekihi ~ tekehe)
  • tepa (テパ) - loincloth
  • tere (テレ) - to wait for
  • terke (テレケ) - to run; to jump (also terki in some dialects)
  • teyne (テイネ) - (to get) wet, damp
  • tomari (トマリ)- Shelter (Tomari city in Aomori)
  • tonkori (トンコリ) - traditional Sakhalin Ainu stringed instrument (cf. Nivkh tynryn, a traditional stringed instrument of the Nivkhs)
  • to (ト) - day
    • tanto (タント) - today
  • to (ト) - lake, pond, puddle (cf. Nivkh tu "lake")
  • to (ト) - breast (possessed form トホ toho)
    • tope (トペ) - milk
  • topen (トペン) - (to be) sweet
  • tom (トム) - to shine, to sparkle, to twinkle
    • tompi (トムピ) - light, brilliance, sparkle, glow
    • tomte (トムテ) - to cause to shine
    • tom tom (トムトム) - sparkling, twinkling, glowing, flashing
    • tonnatara (トンナタラ) - brilliant, resplendent, shining
  • top (トプ) - bamboo
  • topa (トパ) - flock, herd (usually appears in the explicitly possessed form topaha トパハ "a flock of ~," "a herd of ~")
  • toy (トィ) - earth, soil, clay, mud, land; garden (also reduplicated to produce toytoy)
  • tu (トゥ)
    • tup (トゥプ) - two things (< *tu pe)
    • tun (トゥン) - two persons (< *tu niu)
  • tukar (トゥカラ) - seal (i.e. a sort of marine Pinniped; also tukkar, tukoro, or tokkari in some dialects)
  • tuki (トゥキ) - (drinking) glass, a saké cup (cf. Japanese 杯 sakazuki "a vessel from which one drinks an alcoholic beverage," from Old Japanese sake ~ saka- "alcoholic beverage" + tuki "drinking vessel")
  • tunakay (トゥナカィ) - reindeer (borrowed into Japanese as トナカイ tonakai; also cf. Nivkh tlaŋi 'reindeer')
  • tunas (トゥナシ) - to be early; to be quick
    • tunasno (トゥナシノ) - quickly, swiftly, nimbly; well, in good health
  • tuntu (トゥントゥ) - pillar, column; post, stake
  • tur (トゥㇽ) - dirt, grime, filth
    • turtur (トゥㇽトゥㇽ) - dirt, grime, filth
    • tursak (トゥㇽサㇰ) - pure, clean, unsullied
  • tura (トゥラ) - to be accompanied by, to bring somebody along, to take with, to be in company with (cf. Japanese tsure- < *ture- "to be accompanied by, to bring smb. along" and obsolete Japanese tsura < *tura "company, associate, colleague; formation (of a flock of flying birds, etc.), line, row, queue")
  • tures (トゥレシ) - (a male's) younger sister; (a male's) lover
  • tus (トゥシ) - rope
  • tus (トゥシ) - (a man's) concubine, (a woman's) fellow wife
  • tusa (トゥサ) - to be cured, to heal up, to recover (from an illness)
    • tusare (トゥサレ) - to cure, to heal
  • tusir (トゥシリ) - grave, tomb; graveyard, cemetery
  • tuye (トゥイェ) - to cut, to cut off
  • tuyma (トゥィマ) - to be far, to be distant

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