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Ainu
Etymology 1
Compare to Turkish kan (“blood”), Chuvash юн (jun); Nganasan кам (kam, “blood”), Northern Selkup кэм (kem, “blood”), Tundra Nenets хэмʼ (xem, “blood”).
Noun
ケㇺ • (kem)
- blood.
- a needle.
- ケㇺヌ (“to bleed”)
- ケモリッ (“blood vessel”)
- ケムㇱ (“bloody”)
- ケモッ (“bloodlike”)
Etymology 2
Noun
ケㇺ • (kem)
- famine, shortage of food
- ケメコッ (“to die of hunger, to starve to death”)
- ケㇺノイェ (“to die of hunger”)
- ケㇺラㇺ (“a famine”)
- ケムㇱ (“starving, famished”)
Verb
ケㇺ • (kem)
- (transitive) to lick.
References
Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan