ラッパ

From Japanese らっぱ (rappa), from Chinese 喇叭 (lǎba), from Mongolian ᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ (labai), from Middle Chinese 螺貝 (MC lwa pajH).


ak

Possibly related to Nivkh ыкын (əkən), аӄанд (aqand, “elder brother”).


aca

used to show respect when addressing older men


ahci

head

ahci (Kana spelling アㇵチ, possessed form ahcihi)

Borrowed from Nivkh ытик (əțik), атик (ațik).


トンコリ

A stringed musical instrument from Sakhalin.


ムックリ

→ Japanese: ムックリ (mukkuri)

Perhaps from Proto-Tungusic *muk(k)änä (“mouth harp”), especially if one takes into account Sakhalin Ainu ムㇷクㇴ (muhkun) and ムㇷクㇴ (muhkuna), with final /n/ instead of /r/. Compare Negidal мухэнэ (muxənə), Ulch мухэлэ (muxələ), Orok мухане̄ (muxan'ē), мухэнэ (muxənə), Nanai муэнэ̄ (muenē) and Manchu ᠮᡝᡴᡝᠨᡳ (mekeni).

cog

A traditional Ainu musical instrument similar to a Jew's harp.


カㇺビソㇱ

Compound of カㇺビ (kambi, “paper”) + ソㇱ (sosh, “a layer, as of bark or strata; a page of a book”).


カムィ

Likely related to Proto-Japonic *kamuy (“god”). The exact relationship between the two terms is unclear.
John Batchelor analyses kamuy as being made up of the root ka ("above"), which is then kamu ("to cover") and finally, through the addition of nominalising particle y, kamuy ("he who covers or overshadows"). In this case, Proto-Japonic *kamuy or Old Japanese 神 (kami₂, kamu-) would be, in fact, a borrowing from Ainu.

アペ カムイ


パシユイ

パスイ パスイ#Ainu

Alternative spelling of パスイ (“chopsticks”)


パスイ

Borrowed from Japanese 箸 (hashi), possibly Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pasui.


カムイモシㇼ

[kàꜛmúj mò̞ꜛɕíɾ]

Compound of カムイ (kamuy, “god”) + モシㇼ (mosir, “land”).

アィヌモシㇼ

the world of humans; Hokkaido, the Ainu homeland


イナゥ

→ Nivkh: инау (inau), нау (nau)

→ Oroch: илау (ilau)

desc

→ Orok: и̇лау̇ (ïlaü)

→ Orok: и̇лау̇ (ïlaü)

A sacred shaved stick, symbolizing a bird, used for prayer


ハポ

クコㇿ ハポ アン。


アㇵチ

head

アㇵチ (Latin spelling ahci, possessed form アㇵチヒ)

ahci (romanization)
アㇵチヒ (possessed-form)


kamuy

Likely related to Old Japanese 神 (kamu, “god”). The exact relationship between the two terms is unclear. Modern Japanese 神 (kami) may have derived from kamu + i (Old Japanese emphatic nominal particle), producing *kamui, and then being borrowed into Ainu as kamuy.
John Batchelor, however, analyses kamuy as being made up of the root ka (“above”), which is then kamu (“to cover”) and finally, through the addition of nominalising particle y, kamuy (“he who covers or overshadows”). In this case, Japanese 神 (kami) would be, in fact, a borrowing from Ainu.

ape kamuy


レㇲプビリカ

Borrowed from Russian респу́блика (respúblika), from Latin rēspūblica.


デウシカ

Borrowed from Russian девушка (devuška).


kamuymosir

[kàꜛmúj mò̞ꜛɕíɾ]


hekaci

From hekatu (“to be born”) + -i (“nominalising suffix”), literally “born person”.


リクンモシㇼ

Compound of リクン (rikun, “above”) + モシㇼ (mosir, “land”).


ウェンカムイ

ウェン (“evil, bad”) + カムイ (“a kamuy, a god”)

テイネポㇰナモシㇼ

Teyne Pokna Mosir; damp underworld; the a hellish realm where evil gods and people are sent to


ポㇰナモシㇼ

テイネポㇰナモシㇼ

teyne pokna mosir, the "damp underworld", a hellish realm where evil kamuy and people are banished into


テイネポㇰナモシㇼ

テイネ (“wet, damp”) + ポㇰナモシㇼ (“underworld, world of the dead”)

the "damp underworld", a hellish realm where the spirits of evil kamuy and people are banished into.


ユカㇻ

→ English: yukar

→ Japanese: ユーカラ

any one of the many long sagas that make up traditional Ainu oral literature; an epic.