ノンノ
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nónꜜnò/
Noun
ノンノ (Latin spelling nonno)
- (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)
- (dialectal, Kuril) mother
- Synonyms: ハポ (hapo), ウヌ (unu), トㇳト (totto)
Interjection
ノンノ (Latin spelling nonno)
- 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