menoko

Ainu

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 女の子 (menoko).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mèꜛnókó/

Noun

menoko (Kana spelling メノコ)

  1. woman (adult female human)

Usage notes

This term has replaced the native words for "woman" in modern Ainu.

Synonyms

  • (dialectal) siwentep
  • (obsolete) mat-ainu

Japanese

Romanization

menoko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めのこ
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