#separator:tab #html:false #columns:Front Back #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)