Knowledge base · Part XXI — Language Contact and the Lexicon
163. Japanese Loanwords and Their Phonological Adaptation
How does Hokkaido Ainu phonologically adapt Japanese loanwords and what are the borrowing strata?
北海道アイヌ語の日本語借用語の音韻適応と借用層は何か?
Lexical borrowing from Japanese — chronological strata, semantic domains, and numeral borrowing over the vigesimal base — together with the phonological nativization of loans (coda/cluster repair, segment mapping, accent assignment) as live evidence for the synchronic phonotactic grammar.
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kampi 6umma 6tampaku 3sikerpe 2b → p 1mp 1d → t 1nt 1g → k 1o 1n 1r 1kanpi 1cinciri 1meko 1peko 1tono 1tunci 1tampaku-op 1toy-ta-tampaku 1terebi 1sinbun 1zeikin 1ginkō 1denwa 1tunas-kampi 1a-e-y-nu-p 1kampi-nukat-cise 1kanpi pu 1imeru-kampi 1umma menoko 1umma-ne-menoko 1-mp- 1-nt- 1m- 1n- 1sisam itak 1sisamitak 1*si kor pe 1
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- The word ora is a Japanese word meaning 'I'.ora という語は「私」を意味する日本語である。asserts shibatani1990
- shibatani1990 asserts anchored
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The Japanese contact layer 15 claims ·6 sentences
What characterizes the Japanese contact layer in Hokkaido Ainu?
- Most loanwords in Southern Hokkaido Ainu originate from Japanese.南北海道アイヌ語における借用語の大部分は日本語に由来する。asserts bugaeva2012
- bugaeva2012 asserts checked
- The Ainu word sorekusu is a loanword from Japanese sorekoso 'exactly, especially'.アイヌ語のsorekusuは日本語の「それこそ」からの借用語である。asserts bugaeva2015
- bugaeva2015:53 asserts checked
- The noun sísam is an exonym used by the Ainu for the Japanese.名詞 sísam は、アイヌが日本人に対して用いる他称詞である。asserts janhunen2022
- janhunen2022:2.2 asserts checked
- The noun 'atay 'price' is a loanword from Japanese atai.'atay《値段》は日本語の「アタイ(値)」からの借用語である。asserts murasaki2025
- murasaki2025:26 asserts checked
- The Ainu word umma 'horse' was adopted from Japanese uma.アイヌ語の umma「馬」は日本語の uma に基づいて借用された。asserts ono2022
- ono2022:12.8 asserts checked
- Japanese contact has exerted linguistic influence on Ainu not only in loanwords, but also in phonology, and to some extent in grammar and syntax.日本語との接触は借用語の領域のみならず、音韻論やある程度は文法・統語論においてもアイヌ語に言語的影響を与えている。asserts refsing1986
- refsing1986:56 asserts checked
- The word pisakku 'ladle / dipper' is considered a loanword from Japanese (hishaku).pisakku「柄杓」は日本語(ひしゃく)からの借用語とみられる。asserts sato2008
- sato2008:296 asserts checked
- The word gakko is a Japanese loanword meaning 'school'.gakko という語は「学校」を意味する日本語からの借用語である。asserts shibatani1990
- shibatani1990 asserts checked
- The word takenoko is a Japanese loanword meaning 'bamboo shoot'.takenoko という語は「タケノコ」を意味する日本語からの借用語である。asserts shibatani1990
- shibatani1990 asserts checked
- The word beko is a Japanese loanword meaning 'cow'.beko という語は「牛」を意味する日本語からの借用語である。asserts shibatani1990
- shibatani1990 asserts checked
- Sakhalin Ainu konkaani 'metal, gold' is a loanword from Japanese.樺太アイヌ語のkonkaani(金属、金)は日本語からの借用語である。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 asserts checked
- Ainu hasami 'scissors' in both Sakhalin and Hokkaido dialects is a loanword from Japanese.樺太および北海道アイヌ語のhasami(鋏)は明らかに日本語からの借用語である。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 asserts checked
- Hokkaido Ainu panco 'axe' is borrowed from Japanese banshō 'carpenter'.北海道アイヌ語のpanco(斧)は日本語の「番匠(大工)」からの借用語とされる。reports shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 reports checked
- Hokkaido Ainu ontaro and Sakhalin Ainu ontoro 'barrel, cask' are borrowings from Japanese taru.北海道アイヌ語ontaroおよび樺太アイヌ語ontoro(樽)は、ともに日本語のtaru(樽)からの借用である。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 asserts checked
Phonological adaptation 6 claims ·18 sentences
How does Hokkaido Ainu phonologically adapt Japanese loanwords?
- Japanese words with voiced consonants are typically borrowed into Ainu with an inserted nasal preceding the consonant.アイヌ語が日本語の濁音を含む語を借用する際、通常その子音の前に鼻音 n が挿入される。asserts sato2008
- sato2008:296 asserts checked
- The Ainu word konkane 'gold' is a Japanese loanword whose nasal n reflects an older Japanese voiced stop /g/.アイヌ語 konkane「金」は日本語からの借用語であり、鼻音 n は日本語の古い有声破裂音 /g/ を反映している。proposes sato2008
- sato2008:301 proposes checked
- refines(differs in scope): Japanese words with voiced consonants are typically borrowed into Ainu with an inserted nasal preceding the consonant.— Applies the general principle of nasal insertion before Japanese voiced consonants specifically to the borrowing of konkane.
- Loanwords from Tōhoku Japanese into Saru Ainu preserve prenasalized voiced consonants as nasal-stop clusters.東北日本語から沙流アイヌ語への借用語は、前鼻音化有声音を鼻音と破裂音の連続として保持している。asserts alonso2022
- alonso2022:5.1 asserts anchored
- contrasts(differs in framework): Japanese words with voiced consonants are typically borrowed into Ainu with an inserted nasal preceding the consonant.— Attributes the nasal before voiced obstruents to donor dialect prenasalization in Tōhoku Japanese rather than an Ainu-internal insertion rule.
- The Sakhalin Ainu word tuuki 'sake cup' is a loanword from Japanese (Old Japanese tuki HL) whose long vowel /uu/ developed secondarily from an accented open initial syllable.樺太アイヌ語の tuuki「杯」は日本語(上代日本語 tuki HL)からの借用語であり、その長母音 /uu/ はアクセントのある第1開音節から二次的に生じたものである。asserts bugaeva2022
- bugaeva2022:3.5 asserts checked
- Japanese /tu/ (tsu) is frequently adapted as ci in loanwords, e.g. CIITE for Japanese tsuite.日本語の「つ」はアイヌ語借用語で ci として発音されることが多い(例:CIITE「搗いて」)。asserts nakagawa2024
- nakagawa2024:45 asserts checked
- Since Ainu lacks palatalized glide onsets like kya, kyu, and kyo, Japanese contracted sounds (yōon) are often expanded into two syllables such as kiya or kiyu (e.g. TOOKIYO 'Tokyo'), though cha, chu, and cho are sometimes rendered as ca, cu, and co (e.g. KAPOCA 'squash/pumpkin').アイヌ語には「きゃ」「きゅ」「きょ」のような拗音が無いため、日本語の拗音は kiya、kiyu のように2音節に展開されることが多いが(例:TOOKIYO「東京」)、「ちゃ」「ちゅ」「ちょ」は ca、cu、co で写されることがある(例:KAPOCA「かぼちゃ」)。asserts nakagawa2024
- nakagawa2024:45 asserts checked
Chronological strata 0 sentences
What chronological strata exist for Japanese loanwords in Hokkaido Ainu?
Early contact and Edo-period loans 1 claims ·11 sentences· 3 examples
What characterizes early Japanese loanwords in Hokkaido Ainu?
- Ainu contains very early Japonic loanwords such as sippo 'salt' and pasuy 'chopstick' that preserve Old Japanese or Pre-Old-Japanese phonological features such as the stop realization of *p and the diphthongoid sequence *uy.アイヌ語には、*p の破裂音発音や二重母音様連鎖 *uy といった上代日本語あるいはプレ上代日本語の特徴を保持する sippo「塩」や pasuy「箸」などの極めて初期の日本語借用語が含まれている。asserts janhunen2022
- janhunen2022:2.3 asserts extracted
Modern borrowings and the untranslated stratum 7 sentences· 1 examples
How are modern Japanese loanwords treated in Hokkaido Ainu?
Semantic distribution 1 claims ·8 sentences
What semantic domains do Japanese loanwords cover in Hokkaido Ainu?
- In Hokkaido Ainu, the Japanese loan sato is used for 'sugar', whereas in Sakhalin dialects only otoopenpe 'something sweet' is found.北海道アイヌ語では「砂糖」を表すのに日本語からの借用語satoが用いられるが、樺太方言ではより広い「甘いもの」を意味するotoopenpeのみが見られる。asserts shiraishitangiku2022
- shiraishitangiku2022:7.3 asserts anchored
Degree of integration 1 claims ·8 sentences
How integrated are Japanese loanwords into Hokkaido Ainu phonology?
- The verb tondaro is formed by attaching -taro to the sound-euphonic form of the Japanese verb tobu ('to fly').動詞 tondaro は日本語「飛ぶ」の音便形に -taro を付けてアイヌ語の動詞にしたものである。asserts nakagawa2024
- nakagawa2024:572 asserts checked
Diagnostics for identifying Japanese loans 14 sentences
What diagnostics identify Japanese loanwords in Hokkaido Ainu?