モシㇼ

Ainu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mò̞ꜛɕíɾ]

Noun

モシㇼ (Latin spelling mosir)

  1. country, land
  2. island
  3. world

Derived terms
  • アィヌモシㇼ (aynu mosir, “Hokkaido”, literally “Ainu land, people land”)
  • ウㇰライナ モシㇼ (Ukraina mosir, “Ukraine”)
  • カムイモシㇼ (kamuy mosir, “heaven”, literally “gods land”)
  • コレヤ モシㇼ (Koreya mosir, “Korea”)
  • サモㇿモシㇼ (samor mosir, “Honshu; Japan”, literally “next-door land”)
  • シサㇺ モシㇼ (Sisam mosir, “Japan”, literally “foreigner land”)
  • チン モシㇼ (Cin mosir, “China”)
  • ヌチャモシㇼ (nuca mosir, “Russia”)

References

John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co.

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