Ainu

Ainu

See also: ainu

English

Ainu

Alternative forms

• Aino

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪnuː/

Noun

Ainu (plural Ainu)

1. A member of an ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

Translations

member of an ethnic group

Ainu: アィヌ (aynu) Finnish: ainut (fi) pl French: Aïnou (fr) m, Aïnoue (fr) f, Aïnu m, Aïnue f German: Ainu (de) m Malay: orang Ainu, Ainu Nivkh: кʼуғи (kʼuꜧi) Polish: Ajnos m, Ajnoska (pl) f Portuguese: ainos m pl, ainus m pl Russian: а́йну m or f or sg or pl (ájnu), а́йны (ru) pl (ájny) Spanish: ainu (es)

Adjective

Ainu (not comparable)

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

Translations

pertaining to ethnic group or language

Finnish: ainu- (fi) (ethnic group); ainunkielinen (language) French: aïnou (fr) m, aïnu (fr) m Malay: Ainu Portuguese: aino (pt), ainu (pt) Spanish: ainu (es) Vietnamese: tiếng Ai Nô

Proper noun

Ainu

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

Derived terms

• Ainuness

Translations

language

Ainu: アィヌ・イタㇰ (aynu itak) Arabic: لُغَة آيْنْوِيَّة‎ f (luḡa ʾaynwiyya) Asturian: llingua ainu f Basque: ainuiko Belarusian: мова айну f (móva ajnu), айнская f (ajnskaja) Breton: ainoueg Bulgarian: айнски m (ajnski) Catalan: ainu m Chinese: Mandarin: 阿伊努語／阿伊努语 (Āyīnǔ yǔ) Min Nan: ainu-gú Czech: ainština f Dutch: Ainu (nl) Esperanto: ajnua lingvo Finnish: ainun kieli, ainu (fi) French: aïnou (fr) m, aïnu (fr) m Galician: ainu (gl) m Georgian: აინუური (ainuuri) German: Ainu (de) n Hebrew: שפת איינו‎ f (safat aynu) Italian: ainu (it) m Japanese: アイヌ語 (ja) (Ainu-go) Korean: 아이누어 (ko) (Ainu-eo) Latin: lingua Ainuana f Latvian: ainu valoda f Lithuanian: ainų kalba f Low German: Ainu (nds) Macedonian: ајнски m (ajnski) Malay: bahasa Ainu, Ainu Navajo: Aynu dineʼé bizaad Norwegian: ainu-språk Ossetian: айнаг ӕвзаг (ajnag ævzag) Polish: ajnuski (pl) m Portuguese: aino (pt) m, ainu (pt) m Russian: а́йнский язы́к (ru) m (ájnskij jazýk), а́йну m (ájnu) Sicilian: lingua ainu f Spanish: ainu (es) m Swedish: ainu (sv) Tibetan: ཨའི་ནུ་སྐད། (a'i nu skad) Ukrainian: айнська (uk) f (ajnsʹka) Vietnamese: tiếng Ainu

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ainu terms
• Ainu people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ainu language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Ainu, ain ⁠

Anagrams

• inau, unai

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Ainu

Alternative forms

• aynu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔajnu/

Proper noun

Ainu (アィヌ)

1. man
2. The Ainu people.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Ainu

1. a female given name of rather rare usage, variant of Aino

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯nu/

Proper noun

Ainu

1. Ainu people, Ainu (ethnic group)