イナゥ

Ainu

イナゥ.

Alternative forms

• イナオ, イナウ

Etymology

Possibly related to Manchu ᡳᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (ilambi, “to blossom”) and Manchu ᡳᠯᡥᠠ (ilha, “a flower”).

Noun

イナゥ (Latin spelling inaw)

1. (Hokkaido)(Sakhalin) A sacred shaved stick, symbolizing a bird, used for prayer

Derived terms

• イナゥケ
• イナウシ (altar, Sakhalin dialect)
• ウェン イナゥ (inau used to repel evil spirits)

Descendants

• → English: inau
• → Japanese: イナウ
• → Nivkh: инау (inau), нау (nau)
• → Oroch: илау (ilau)
• → Orok: и̇лау̇ (ïlaü)

References

• John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎^[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 174
• Vovin, Alexander V. (2018) “Four Tungusic Etymologies”, in Ákos Bertalan Apatóczky, Christopher P. Atwood, editors, Philology of the Grasslands. Essays in Mongolic, Turkic, and Tungusic Studies (Languages of Asia; 17)‎^[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 366–368
• 単語リスト（アイヌ語・日本語）―石狩川― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Ishikari River, “Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Ishikari River”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 公益財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2014 (Hokkaido)

• 単語リスト（アイヌ語・日本語）―カラフト― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Karafuto River, “Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Karafuto River”)‎^[4] (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 公益財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2014 (Sakhalin)