Ainu

See also: ainu

English

Ainu

Alternative forms

Aino

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɪnuː/

Noun

Ainu (plural Ainu)

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

Translations

member of an ethnic group

Ainu: アィヌ (aynu)
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 (kʼuꜧi), куӻи (kuꜧ̇i)
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)

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

Derived terms

Ainuness

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)
Spanish: ainu (es)
Vietnamese: tiếng Ai Nô

Proper noun

Ainu

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
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 (kʼuꜧi)
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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔajnu/

Proper noun

Ainu (アィヌ)

man
The Ainu people.

Estonian

Proper noun

Ainu

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

Japanese

Romanization

Ainu

Rōmaji transcription of アイヌ

Malay

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ai̯nu/

Proper noun

Ainu

Ainu people, Ainu (ethnic group)

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