Ainu

See also: ainu

English

Ainu

Alternative forms

• Aino

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ainu アイヌbor.

Japanese アイヌ (Ainu)der.

English Ainu

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪnuː/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

Ainu (plural Ainu or Ainus)

1. A person of an ethnic group indigenous to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
   • 2009, Nicolas Tranter, The Languages of Japan and Korea:

     In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, […]

2. Synonym of Hokkaido (“a dog breed”).
   • 1983, Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette, page 11:

     […] Hokkaidos or Ainus (smaller versions of the Akita); Akitas, Japanese Spitz, Japanese Chin, Nippon Terriers and Kai Ken.

Translations

Ainu person

• Ainu: アィヌ (aynu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿伊努人 (Āyīnǔrén)

• Finnish: ainut (fi) pl
• French: Aïnou (fr) m, Aïnoue (fr) f, Aïnu m, Aïnue f
• German: Ainu (de) m
• Malay: orang Ainu, Ainu
• Marathi: आइनू m (āinū)
• Nivkh: кʼуғи (kʼuγi), куӻи (kuġi)
• 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.

Derived terms

• Ainuland
• Ainuness

Related terms

• Ainoid

Translations

pertaining to ethnic group or language

• Finnish: ainu- (fi) (ethnic group); ainunkielinen (language)
• French: aïnou (fr) m, aïnu (fr) m
• Malay: Ainu
• Marathi: आइनू (āinū)
• Portuguese: aino (pt), ainu (pt)
• Slovak: ainský, ainuský
• 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

• Ainuic

Translations

language

• Ainu: アィヌ・イタㇰ (aynu itak)
• Arabic: لُغَة آيْنْوِيَّة f (luḡa ʔaynwiyya)
• Asturian: llingua ainu f
• Basque: ainuiko
• Belarusian: мова айну f (móva ajnu), айнская f (ajnskaja)
• Breton: ainoueg
• Bulgarian: айнски m (ajnski)
• Catalan: ainu m
• Cherokee: ᎠᏱᏄ (ayinu)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: ainu-gú

  Mandarin: 阿伊努語 / 阿伊努语 (zh) (Āyīnǔ yǔ)

• 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
• Marathi: आइनू f (āinū)
• Navajo: Aynu dineʼé bizaad
• Nivkh: кʼуғи (kʼuγi)
• 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

Ainu

Alternative forms

• aynu

Proper noun

Ainu (Kana spelling アイヌ)

1. man
2. The Ainu people.

Estonian

Proper noun

Ainu

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

Japanese

Romanization

Ainu

1. Rōmaji transcription of アイヌ

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯nu/

Proper noun

Ainu

1. Ainu people, Ainu (ethnic group)