アㇰ

Ainu

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Nivkh ыкын (əkən), аӄанд (aqand, “elder brother”).

Alternative forms

Noun

アㇰ (Latin spelling ak)

  1. younger brother

Verb

アㇰ (Latin spelling ak)

  1. to shoot with an arrow

References
  • 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 22
  • “ak （アㇰ）”, in Ainu-English Dictionary‎, TranslationDirectory.com, 2023 April 25 (last accessed)
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