ラッコ

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾákꜜkò/

Noun

ラッコ (Latin spelling rakko)

1. (Hokkaido, Kuril) a sea otter

Descendants

• → Japanese: ラッコ (rakko)

References

• 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)”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Fukuoka: 村山七郎 (Murayama Shichirō), 1970 (Kuril)

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ainu ラッコ (rakko).

Noun

ラッコ or らっこ • (rakko) 

1. 猟虎, 獺虎, 海獺: a sea otter

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).