FromTungusic, compareManchuᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ(aisin).
айс (ajs)
- (Amur, West Sakhalin)gold
- айзӈ(ajzŋ)(East Sakhalin, Nogliki)
- айзаӈ(ajzaŋ)(Nogliki)
- айсан(ajsan)(South Sakhalin)
- Č. M. Taksami, editor (1996),Нивхско-русский и русско-нивхский словарь [Nivkh-Russian and Russian-Nivkh dictionary], Saint Petersburg:Просвещение,→ISBN, page 9
Borrowed fromEnglishice, fromMiddle Englishis, fromOld Englishīs, fromProto-West Germanic*īs, fromProto-Germanic*īsą(“ice”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-(“ice, frost”).
айс• (ajs)
- (slang)cool,good