Aynuitak Huskokampi Aomarepu アイヌ語古記録データベース Early Records Database of the Ainu Language

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ボホ

Ainu

「子供」

pohohigh
Poho is the documented possessive form of po “son/child,” matching the source’s final ホ. Narrative examples such as e=poho “your son” confirm that use. Popo is a different expression: Nakagawa records gathering together and an infant-language “older brother,” while corpus matches also include a diminutive-like use and a corrected false start. Kirikae also uses popo for a child in an example; that semantic overlap does not justify changing this source’s h to p. The recorded ボホ is retained, with poho as its normalized interpretation.
Tamura 1996 s.v. -ho「matnepo マッネポ [概]娘;matnepo マッネポ/matnepoho マッネポホ [所]…の娘/彼の娘。」, po「(所は poho ポホ) ①息子。… / なおいっそう。…」; Kayano 1996 s.v. po(ho)「ポ(ホ) 【/poho】〜の息子,子供.」; Nakagawa 1995 s.v. po, popo¹「寄り集まる。…」, popo²「おにいちゃん;幼児語。…」; Batchelor 1938 s.v. Poho「子供. n. A child. The young of anything. A son or daughter. / 小兒. 何ニテモ若キモノ, 子息. n. A child. The young of anything. A son.」, Popo「兄.」, PDF pp.397, 400; Hirayama 2013 part 3 s.v. ボホ「① 子供;② 〜の子供 (ボホ)」; Kirikae 2004 s.v. kopokorSource passage
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  1. National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 25, line 15 · ボホ

    …イパカリシマク ヤイランベテウノ童子テンネツ子供ポンチヨ ボー ボホ敵トマウタレ身方シウルンウタレ補佐の人イヨシカマレ影法師アイノクリ吾われク クアニ カニ汝イ イ…