トペ

See also: ドベ

Ainu

Etymology

Probably from ト (to, “breast”) +‎ ペッ (pet, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tóꜜpè/

Noun

トペ (Latin spelling tope)

1. (Hokkaido, Kuril) milk

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 453
• DYBOWSKI のシュムシュ島アイヌ語資料について（第1部） (DYBOWSKI No Shumushu Tō Ainu Go Shiryō Ni Tsuite (Dai 1 Bu), “On DYBOWSKI's Shumshu Island Ainu Language Materials (Part 1)”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Fukuoka: 村山七郎 (Murayama Shichirō), 1970 (Kuril)