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| Ai·nu [ n ] (plural Ai·nu or Ai·nus) |
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1. member of Japanese people: a member of a Japanese people who now live in the north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and on the Kurile Islands and the island of Sakhalin
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2. language of N Japan: a language spoken by the Ainu on Hokkaido that is considered to be unrelated to any other language
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| [Early 19th century. < Ainu, "person"] |
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 Ai·nu adjective |
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