ノンノ

Ainu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nónꜜnò/

Noun

ノンノ (Latin spelling nonno)

  1. (Hokkaido, botany) flower
    Synonyms: トㇺ (tom), エプィケ (epuyke), エプィゲ (epuyge)

Etymology 2

Likely related to Hokkaidō Ainu ウヌ (unu, “mother”).

Noun

ノンノ (Latin spelling nonno)

  1. (dialectal, Kuril) mother
    Synonyms: ハポ (hapo), ウヌ (unu), トㇳト (totto)

Interjection

ノンノ (Latin spelling nonno)

  1. exclamation of pleasure
    Synonym: オノンノ (onono)

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 294
  • Sato, Tomomi, Bugaeva, Anna (2019) “The Study of Old Documents of Hokkaido and Kuril Ainu: Promise and Challenges”, in Northern Language Studies‎, volume 9, Hokkaido: Japan Association of Northern Languages Studies, pages 67–93
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