sk ainuský (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · fr aïnu (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · mr आइनू (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · vi tiếng Ai Nô (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · es ainu (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · sk ainský (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · ms Ainu (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · fi ainunkielinen (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · fr aïnou (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · fi ainu- (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · pt ainu (pertaining to ethnic group or language) · pt aino (pertaining to ethnic group or language)
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”).
Meanings
A member of the 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, […] 2009, Nicolas Tranter, The Languages of Japan and Korea:
Synonym of Hokkaido (“a dog breed”).
[…] Hokkaidos or Ainus (smaller versions of the Akita); Akitas, Japanese Spitz, Japanese Chin, Nippon Terriers and Kai Ken. 1983, Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette, page 11: