Ainu

Meaning

Noun

1. A member of an ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
2. Synonym of Hokkaido (“a dog breed”).

Adj

Of or pertaining to the Ainu ethnic group or their language.

Name

The endangered language spoken by the Ainu ethnic group, generally considered a language isolate with no known relation to other languages.

Synonyms

humans

person

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Translations

aïnou

ainu

Ainu

aïnu

ainu

ainu

ainu

Ainu

aino

lingua ainu

Aïnou

Ainoe

lingua Ainuana

لغة آينوية

Ainu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaɪnuː/

Etymology

From Japanese アイヌ (Ainu), from Ainu アイヌ (aynu, “person”).