arakke

Ainu

Etymology

Either from Nivkh арак (arak), or directly from Proto-Tungusic *arakïï. Compare Manchu ᠠᡵᡴᡳ (arki), Evenki аракӣ (arakī), and Mongolian архи (arxi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àꜛɾákké/

Noun

arakke (Kana spelling アラㇰケ)

1. (dialectal, Sakhalin) alcohol, strong wine

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 43