ペッ

Ainu

Alternative forms

• ペツテ (Kuril)

Noun

ペッ (Latin spelling pet)

1. (Hokkaido) water
2. (Hokkaido, Kuril) river
3. a piece of anything

Coordinate terms

("a river")

• ナイ (nay)

("water")

• オワタ (owata)
• ワッカ (wakka)

Derived terms

• アㇱペッ (as pet, “shrub river, Ashibetsu”)
• イェペッ (yepet, “purulent river, Ebetsu”)
• サッ ポロ ペッ (sat poro pet, “dry great river, Sapporo”)
• シㇼペッ (sir pet, “mountains and rivers, Shiribetsu”)
• トペッ (topet, “swamp river, Tōbetsu”)
• チュㇷ゚ ペッ (chup pet, “sun river, supposed origin of Asahikawa's name”)
• ペッサムンクㇽ
• ペテトㇰ
• モペッ (mopet, “quiet river, Monbetsu”)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 別 (betsu)

Adjective

ペッ (Latin spelling pet)

1. damp
2. thick

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 345
• 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)

• 『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”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Hokkaidō: 鳥居龍藏 (Torii Ryūzō), 1903 (Kuril)