チロンヌㇷ゚
Ainu
Etymology
Compound of チ (ci, “people”, as a general indicator) + ロンヌ (ronnu, “to kill”) + ㇷ゚ (-p, nominalizing suffix), basically meaning “the thing that people kill”.
Noun
チロンヌㇷ゚ (chironnup)
Synonyms
- シュマリ (shumari)
- シツㇺベ (situmbe, more specifically, a black fox)
- フレㇷ゚ (furep, more specifically, a red fox, literally “red thing”)
Related terms
- ウパㇲ チロンヌㇷ゚ (upas cironnup, “ermine”, literally “snow” + “thing people kill”, “snow” in reference to the white coat)
- ウォロ チロンヌㇷ゚ (woro cironnup, “river otter”, literally “interior” + “thing people kill”, “interior” in reference to inland rivers)
References
- John Batchelor, (1905), An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language), Tokyo: Methodist Publishing House, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co.
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