アル

Ainu

Noun

アル • (aru)

1. (Kuril, South Kuril) Kamchatka lily or wild rice

References

• Anna Bugaeva and Tomomi Satō (2021) A Kuril Ainu Glossary by Captain V. M. Golovnin (1811)‎^[1], Tokyo: International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics (Kuril)

Japanese

Etymology

Mimicing erhua ("~兒") in northern Chinese dialects. Or, from kyōwa-go (協和語).

Particle

アル • (aru) 

1. (fiction) Stereotypical sentence-final particle used by Chinese.
   • 2004, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen:

     いつも　めずらしい　カセキ　けんきゅう　してる　アルよ！

     Itsumo mezurashii kaseki kenkyū shiteru aru yo!

     We are always studying rare Pokémon fossils!

2. (offensive, ethnic slur) Mimicking Chinese speech; ching chong

See also

• (mimicking Koreans) ニダ (nida)