キプツ゚ㇽ

Ainu

Etymology

From キㇷ゚ (kip, “hairline”) +‎ ウツ゚ㇽ (utur, “between”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲìꜛpútúɾ/

Noun

キプツ゚ㇽ (Latin spelling kiputur, possessed form キプツ゚ル)

1. forehead

References

• 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