ピリカ

Ainu

Alternative forms

• ピㇼカ

Adjective

ピリカ • (pirika)

1. (Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Kuril) good
2. (Sakhalin) beautiful
3. (Sakhalin) health
4. adequate
5. admirable
6. safe, sure
7. correct

Verb

ピリカ • (pirika) (intransitive)

1. To be good.

Derived terms

• エト゚ピㇼカ (etu pirka, “tuffed puffin”)
• ピリカ ワ (pirika wa, “you are welcome”)
• ピㇼカメノコ (pirika menoko, “a beautiful woman”)

Antonyms

• ウェン (“evil”)

Descendants

• → Orok: пирика (pirika)

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）―カラフト― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Karafuto River, “Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Karafuto 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 (Sakhalin)

• 『千島アイヌ』「千島地名普通單語集」 (Chishima Ainu - Chishima Chimei Futsū Tango Shū, “Kuril Islands Ainu - Kuril place name common word list”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Hokkaidō: 鳥居龍藏 (Torii Ryūzō), 1903 (Kuril)