Paikar 15020

Paikar 15020 ㄹЧ’SЧL “Paikar“ a-ye itak “asir pa toyko ki“ ne. Paikar anak Aynu purihi pa etok ne. Hemanta kus ne no a-ram easkay? Oyak sir rehe (sak, sitcuk, mata) or ta “pa“ a-ye sinrit isam kus nerok sir or ta asir pa iway isam a-ram easkay. Or wa, hempara ta tam iway an nankor? Hemanta to ta an nankor? Aynu utar anak teeta wa no Matnaw hemisuhere ta oka. Tap ne kus inkar=an ro: hemanta to iyotta pase iyotta nucaktek paikar to an ya? Matnaw hemisuhere ta iyotta pase paikar to anak paikar ekuinokkusu to ne (sirpeker tanne-hi anak sirkunne tanne-hi tura uneno-an pe ne). Tampe kus Aynu purihi asir pa iway nea to ta an nankor a-ram easkay. Tam paikar anak hap rap cup iye 20 to 06:49 AM an. Ainu word for “spring“, paikar/paykar, consists if the following morphemes: pa - “year“, i - prefix intensifier, and kar - “to do something to get some result“. It means that traditional Ainu new year feast most probably was in spring, but when in Spring? As far as Ainu have always lived in the Northern hemisphere and the most notable Spring day of the Northern hemisphere is Spring Equinox so it can be supposed that paikar feast took place on the day of Spring Equinox. This year paikar is on March 20, at 6:49 AM.