otop

Ainu

Alternative forms
  • etop (Yakumo dialect)

Etymology

The Yakumo Ainu エトㇷ゚ (etop) form seems to preserve the original vocalism of the first syllable. In Sakhalin dialectal varieties, ruusis (“hair”) is used instead.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /òꜛtóp/

Noun

otop (Kana spelling オトㇷ゚, possessed form otopi)

  1. hair (on the head)

Synonyms
  • ruusis

Derived terms
  • otopsak (“bald”)

See also
  • numa (“body hair”)

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 328

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈotop]

Noun

otop m inan

  1. heating
    Synonym: topení
  2. fuel
    Synonym: topivo

Declension
Declension of otop (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative otop otopy
genitive otopu otopů
dative otopu otopům
accusative otop otopy
vocative otope otopy
locative otopu otopech
instrumental otopem otopy

Further reading
  • otop in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • otop in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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