osuke

osuke

Ainu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.sú.ke/, [ʔo.sú.ke]

Verb

osuke (Kana spelling オスケㇸ)

  1. (transitive) to cook, to prepare food
    Kim kam k-osuke wa.
    I’m cooking deer meat.

Conjugation

Conjugation of osuke (transitive, 2-slot)
case objective
person 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
number singular plural singular plural singular plural singular plural
subjective 1st singular eci=osuke eci=osuke k(u)=osuke k(u)=osuke ku=i=osuke ku=i=osuke
plural eci=osuke eci=osuke c(i)=osuke c(i)=osuke a=i=osuke a=i=osuke
2nd singular en=osuke un=osuke e=osuke e=osuke e=i=osuke e=i=osuke
plural eci=en=osuke eci=un=osuke eci=osuke eci=osuke eci=i=osuke eci=i=osuke
3rd singular en=osuke un=osuke e=osuke eci=osuke osuke osuke i=osuke i=osuke
plural en=osuke un=osuke e=osuke eci=osuke osuke osuke i=osuke i=osuke
4th singular a=en=osuke a=un=osuke a=e=osuke a=eci=osuke a=osuke a=osuke a=i=osuke a=i=osuke
plural a=en=osuke a=un=osuke a=e=osuke a=eci=osuke a=osuke a=osuke a=i=osuke a=i=osuke

1st-person plurals are exclusive. Inclusive 1st-person plurals are denoted by 4th-person.
4th-person: indefinite person, 1st-person inclusive plural, logophorical person, 2nd-person honorific, etc.
See Ainu grammar.

Noun

osuke (Kana spelling オスケㇸ)

  1. (Sakhalin) a rabbit
  2. (Sakhalin) a hare
  3. (Sakhalin, by extension) any member of the Lagomorpha order
    Tanto retar osuke e-nukar hine an?
    So you’ve seen a white rabbit today?

Synonyms: epetke, epethe, isepo, isopo, kaykuma, osukep, raykuma, rikunkamuy, tukisarus