cikuni

Ainu

Etymology

From ni (“tree”). The first part is probably related to Nivkh тиғр (tiꜧr), чӽар̌ (ț’ẋař, “tree”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕìꜛkúnʲi/

Noun

cikuni (Kana spelling チクニ)

  1. tree
  2. wood

Synonyms

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander V. (2016), “On the Linguistic Prehistory of Hokkaidō”, in Gruzdeva Ekaterina; Janhunen Juha, editors, Crosslinguistics and Linguistic Crossings in Northeast Asia. Papers on the Languages of Sakhalin and Adjacent Regions (Studia Orientalia; 117), Helsinki, pages 29–38

Further reading
  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 69
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