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ケㇺ

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Ainu

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Proto-Ainu *kEm L (“blood”).[1]

Compare sense 1 to Turkish kan (blood), Chuvash юн (jun); Nganasan кам (kam, blood), Northern Selkup кэм (kem, blood), Tundra Nenets хэмʼ (xem, blood).

Noun

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ケㇺ (kém)

  1. (Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Kuril) blood.
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Map of Ainu Language: Blood
dialect table: blood (1960)[2]
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) kém
Oshamambe (長万部) kém
Horobetsu (幌別) kém
Hiratori (平取) kém
Nukkibetsu (貫気別) kém
Niikappu (新冠) kém
Samani (様似) kém
Obihiro (帯広) kém
Kushiro (釧路) kém
Bihoro (美幌) kém
Asahikawa (旭川) kém
Nayoro (名寄) kém
Soya (宗谷) kém
Ochiho (落帆) kém
Tarantomari (多蘭泊) kém
Maoka (真岡) kém
Shiraura (白浦) kém
Raichishka (ライチシカ) kém
Nairo (内路) kém

Etymology 2

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Proto-Ainu *kem L (“needle”).[3]

Noun

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ケㇺ (kém)

  1. (Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Kuril) a needle.
Alternative forms
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Map of Ainu Language: Needle
dialect table: needle (1964)[4]
area pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲) kém, -í
Horobetsu (幌別) kém
Saru (沙流) kém
Obihiro (帯広) kém
Bihoro (美幌) kem
Asahikawa (旭川) kém
Nayoro (名寄) kém
Soya (宗谷) kím
Karafuto (樺太) kem, -ihi
Chishima (千島)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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ケㇺ (kem)

  1. famine, shortage of food
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Etymology 4

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Proto-Ainu *kEm (“to lick”).[5]

Verb

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ケㇺ (kem)

  1. (transitive) to lick.

References

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  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)
  3. ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (1993) Leiden: E.J. Brill, editors, A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu.
  4. ^ 服部四郎 (Shirō Hattori) (1964) アイヌ語方言辞典 (Ainu Go Hōgen Jiten, An Ainu Dialect Dictionary)[2] (in Japanese), Japan: 岩波書店 (Iwanami Shoten)
  5. ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (1993) Leiden: E.J. Brill, editors, A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu.
  • Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan
  • 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)[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 (Sakhalin)