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Ainu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
モシㇼ (Latin spelling mosir)
- country, land
- island
- world
Derived terms
- アィヌモシㇼ (aynu mosir, “Hokkaido, the world of humans”, literally “Ainu land, people land”)
- アコㇿモシㇼ (akor mosir, “Hokkaido”, literally “our 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”)
- テイネポㇰナモシㇼ (teyne pokna mosir, “hell”)
- ヌチャモシㇼ (nuca mosir, “Russia”)
- ポㇰナモシㇼ (pokna mosir, “underworld”, literally “the world below”)
- リクンモシㇼ (rikun mosir, “heaven”, literally “above land”)
- レプンモシㇼ (repun mosir, “Honshu”, literally “offshore land”)
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.