Ainu

See also: ainu

English

Alternative forms

• Aino

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese アイヌ (“Ainu”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ainu アィヌ (aynu, “person”).

Noun

Ainu (plural Ainu)

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

Translations

ethnic group

• Ainu: アィヌ (aynu)
• Finnish: ainut (fi) pl
• French: aïnou (fr) m, aïnu (fr) m
• Malay: orang Ainu, Ainu
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• Portuguese: ainos m pl, ainus m pl
• Russian: а́йну m or f (ájnu) (sg and pl), 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
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• Portuguese: aino (pt), ainu (pt)
• Spanish: ainu (es)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Aí 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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿伊努語／阿伊努语, 阿伊努语 (Āyīnǔyǔ)

  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)
• Georgian: აინუური (ainuuri)
• German: Ainu (de) n
• Hebrew: שפת איינו f (safat aynu)
• Italian: lingua ainu f
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• 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
• 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 (アイヌ)

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)