シサㇺ

Ainu

Etymology

シ (“true”) +‎ サㇺ (“side”) meaning "immediate side", referring to the Japanese island of Honshu being right next to Hokkaido, the Ainu homeland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕìꜛsám/

Noun

シサㇺ (Latin spelling sisam)

1. a Japanese person
2. foreigner, non-Ainu

   Synonym: レプンクㇽ (repunkur)

Proper noun

シサㇺ • (sisam)

1. Japan

   Synonym: シサㇺモシㇼ (sisam mosir)

2. Japanese language

   Synonym: シサㇺイタㇰ (sisam itak)

Derived terms

• フレシサㇺ (literally "red foreigner", Russian people)
• シャモ (Japanese people, enemy Japanese)

Descendants

• → Nivkh: сисам (sisam)

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 420
• 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”)‎^[2] (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)