otop

Ainu

Alternative forms
  • etop (Yakumo dialect)

Etymology

The Yakumo Ainu エトㇷ゚ (etop) form seems to preserve the original vocalism of the first syllable. In Sakhalin dialectal varieties, ruusis (“hair”) is used instead.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /òꜛtóp/

Noun

otop (Kana spelling オトㇷ゚, possessed form otopi)

  1. hair (on the head)

Synonyms
  • ruusis

Derived terms
  • otopsak (“bald”)

See also
  • numa (“body hair”)

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander V. (2016), “On the Linguistic Prehistory of Hokkaidō”, in Gruzdeva Ekaterina; Janhunen Juha, editors, Crosslinguistics and Linguistic Crossings in Northeast Asia. Papers on the Languages of Sakhalin and Adjacent Regions (Studia Orientalia; 117), Helsinki, pages 29–38.

Further reading
  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 328

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈotop]

Noun

otop m

  1. heating
    Synonym: topení
  1. fuel
    Synonym: topivo

Declension
Declension of otop
singular plural
nominative otop otopy
genitive otopu otopů
dative otopu otopům
accusative otop otopy
vocative otope otopy
locative otopu otopech
instrumental otopem otopy

Further reading
  • otop in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • otop in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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