パスイ

Ainu

Alternative forms

• パシユイ
• パスィ

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 箸 (hashi), possibly Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pasui.

Noun

パスイ • (pasui)

1. chopsticks

References

• Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan
• 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