Ai·nu (  n )n. pl. Ainu or Ai·nus 1. A member of an indigenous people of Japan, now inhabiting parts of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. 2. The language of the Ainu. [Ainu aynu, person.] |
Ainu [ˈaɪnuː]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -nus, -nu a member of the aboriginal people of Japan, now mostly intermixed with Mongoloid immigrants whose skin colour is more yellowish
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, sometimes tentatively associated with Altaic, still spoken in parts of Hokkaido and elsewhere
[Ainu: man]
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