ペッ

Ainu

Noun

ペッ (Latin spelling pet)

1. water
2. river
3. a piece of anything

Coordinate terms

• ナイ

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”)
• トペッ (topet, “swamp river, Tōbetsu”)
• チュㇷ゚ ペッ (chup pet, “sun river, supposed origin of Asahikawa's name”)
• 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)‎, Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 345