Ainu

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A person of an ethnic group indigenous to 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, […]”

2. isim Synonym of Hokkaido (“a dog breed”).

   “[…] Hokkaidos or Ainus (smaller versions of the Akita); Akitas, Japanese Spitz, Japanese Chin, Nippon Terriers and Kai Ken.”

3. sıfat Of or pertaining to the Ainu ethnic group or their language.
4. özel isim The endangered language spoken by the Ainu ethnic group, generally considered a language isolate with no known relation to other languages.