Ainu

• Aino

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪnuː/

Ainu (plural Ainu or Ainus)

1. A member of an ethnic group on 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.

Ainu (not comparable)

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

• Ainuland
• Ainuness

• Ainoid

Ainu

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

• Ainuic

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

• inau, unai

• aynu

• IPA^(key): /ʔajnu/

Ainu (アィヌ)

1. man
2. The Ainu people.

Ainu

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

Ainu

1. Rōmaji transcription of アイヌ

• IPA^(key): /ai̯nu/

Ainu

1. Ainu people, Ainu (ethnic group)