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The Ainu pronunciation of this term has only two morae, so academic materials may spell this term in kana with the small ィ, or in romaji with a y, to explicitly indicate that the initial vowel is the single-mora diphthongay (/ai̯/), and not the two-mora diphthonga i (/a.i/).
However, there is no three-mora term a i nu in the Ainu language, and most Ainu texts written in katakana use this spelling instead.
In traditional Ainu society, lazy people were known as ウェンペ.
Synonyms
ウタリ(senses for "comrade, fellow" and "Ainu people")
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.
中級アイヌ語―美幌―(Chūkyū Ainu-go - Bihoro, “Intermediate Ainu: Bihoro”) (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構(Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2011
中級アイヌ語―千歳―(Chūkyū Ainu-go - Chitose, “Intermediate Ainu: Chitose”) (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構(Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2011
