Ainu


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Ainu /ˈeɪnuː/
noun (pl. same or Ainus)
  • 1 a member of an aboriginal people of northern Japan.
  • 2 the language of the Ainu, perhaps related to Altaic.
– origin the name in Ainu, lit. ‘man, person’.
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