ainu
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈaɪnuː/
Definition of ainu
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A member of an ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
“In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, […]”
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noun
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A member of an ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
“In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, […]”
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Synonym of Hokkaido (“a dog breed”).
“[…] Hokkaidos or Ainus (smaller versions of the Akita); Akitas, Japanese Spitz, Japanese Chin, Nippon Terriers and Kai Ken.”
adj
- (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the Ainu ethnic group or their language.
name
- The endangered language spoken by the Ainu ethnic group, generally considered a language isolate with no known relation to other languages.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Ainu アイヌbor. Japanese アイヌ (Ainu)der. English Ainu From Japanese アイヌ (Ainu), from Ainu aynu (“person”).
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