シㇼ

Ainu

Etymology

Possibly related to Yakut сир (sir) .

Noun

シㇼ • (sir) (concrete form シリ)

1. visual appearance, the look of a thing
2. weather
3. area, land, place
4. island
5. mountain (as a living entity, as a spirit)

Derived terms

• イクㇱウンシㇼ (ikus un sir, “island on the other side; Okushiri Island”)
• シㇼペッ (sir pet, “mountains and rivers; Shiribetsu, Hokkaido”)
• シㇼコㇿカムイ (sir kor kamuy, “Sirkorkamuy, Ainu earth god”)
• ポㇰナシㇼ (pokna sir, “the underworld, hell”)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 尻 (shiri) (in place names)

See also

• オシリ (earth, the ground)
• モシㇼ (an island)

References

• 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”)‎^[1] (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)