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Ainu
Etymology
Compound of レㇷ゚ (rep, “the sea, the ocean”) + ウン (un, “of, in”) + カムイ (kamuy, “spirit, god”).
Noun
レプンカムイ • (repun-kamuy)
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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.