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kay

カイ adverbial particle Corpus ↗

kay.advp

〜も、〜へ、〜か

1 recordings · 1 dialects (様似) · citation form from 様似

Attested usage 409 hits

pise kay pise tow

pise kay pise tow

小田洲 · 浅井 タケ

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Historical records

Ezo hōgen moshiogusa (1792) ↗

These entries have the same editorial modern reading as this headword. Compare the recorded gloss and reading confidence when distinguishing meanings.

  • カイ · Page 51, line 4 ↗

    折る

    Modern reading: kay

    Reading confidence: Medium

    National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics· 乾巻

    Reading source and corrections

    田村すず子 1996『アイヌ語沙流方言辞典』s.v. kay「(赤ん坊や年寄り)をおぶう。… / 折れる。…」; 語義は 富田 2021 アイヌ語オンライン辞書 s.v. kay「①折れる ②背負う、負う、負ぶう」

  • カイ · Page 9, line 4 ↗

    ノトロ沼異?魚カフト

    Modern reading: kay

    Reading confidence: Medium

    National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics· 坤巻

    Reading source and corrections

    田村すず子 1996『アイヌ語沙流方言辞典』s.v. kay「(赤ん坊や年寄り)をおぶう。… / 折れる。…」; 語義は 萱野茂 1996『萱野茂のアイヌ語辞典』s.v. kay「折れる.… / 背負う,負う,おぶる.…」

Readings and transcription excerpts from Early Records of the Ainu Language, adapted for this index. Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Recordings across dialects

様似 1

form (latin)kanaposgloss (as recorded)sourcematch
kayカイ【副助】【副助】〜も、〜へ、〜か様似のアイヌ語語彙集seed