Ainu	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)