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#deck:LinguaCommons::Ainu (from English)
irankarapte hello (lit. let me gently touch your heart)
iyairaikere thank you (also: iyayiraykere)
pirka beautiful / good / fine
pon small / little
poro big / large / many
ainu person / human being
menoko woman / female
okkayo man / male
pon ainu child (lit. small person)
ekasi grandfather / elder / respected old man
wakka water
abe fire
kim mountain / highland / forest
pet river (many Hokkaido place names contain -pet)
mosir land / country / world (Ainu mosir = land of the Ainu)
nupuri mountain (solitary peak; cf. Noboribetsu)
kamuy god / spirit / divine being
kotan village / settlement / home place
chise house / home
cikap bird
kimun kamuy bear (lit. mountain god)
repun kamuy killer whale (lit. offshore god)
ku I / me
eani you (singular)
a= I (subject prefix in verbs)
e= you (subject prefix)
ene … an like this / in this way
iyoiraykere I'm sorry / excuse me
hunna who?
nep what?
hemanta how? / what kind of?
hempak how many?
ipe to eat / food
ekari to walk / to travel
ye to say / to speak
arki to come
paye to go
kor to have / to hold / to possess
eyay self / oneself
nea that / those (over there)