ciutari
Ainu
Etymology
From ci (“first-person plural prefix”) + utar (“plural suffix”) + i (“nominalising suffix”), literally “we who (are) someone”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.u.tá.ɾi/, [t͡ʃi.ʔu.tá.ɾi]
Pronoun
ciutari (Kana spelling チウタリ)
- one, some people (impersonal plural pronoun)
- (inclusive) we (first-person plural subject pronoun)
- you (polite, both singular and plural)
See also
| person | isolated form | affix form | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | objective | |||
| first | singular | kuani, kani1 | ku=, k=1 (before vowels) | en= |
| exclusive plural | ciokay, coka1, ciutari | ci=, c=1 =as | un= | |
| inclusive plural | anokay, aoka1, anutari | a=, =an | i= | |
| second | singular | eani | e= | |
| plural | eciokay, ecioka1, eciutari | eci= | ||
| singular (polite) | anokay, aoka1 | a=, =an | i= | |
| plural (polite) | anokay, aoka1, anutari | |||
| third | singular | sinuma, anihi | ∅= | |
| plural | okay, oka1 | |||
| indefinite | singular | asinuma | a=, =an | i= |
| plural | anokay, aoka1, anutari | |||
1. Saru dialect