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Ainu-English Dictionary

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• kes (ケシ) - end (explicitly possessed form ケセ kese or ケセへ kesehe)• kes- (ケシ) - every (day, year, etc.)• ki (キ) - to do• ki (キ) - louse• kikir (キキリ) - bug, insect, worm• kim (キム) - mountain• kina (キナ) - grass, herb, (edible or otherwise useful) plant; a kind of mat woven fromdried bulrush leaves with decorative patterns executed in cotton cloth• kira (キラ) - to run away, to flee• kiraw (キラウ) - horn, antler (explicitly possessed form kirawe キラウェ or kiraweheキラウェへ)• kiray (キライ) - comb• kiror (キロロ) - strength, power, ability• kisar (キサラ) - ear• kitay (キタイ) - top of anything; summit, peak (of a mountain); roof (of a house)• konci (コンチ) - hat• konru (コンル) - ice; [dial.] hail; [dial.] sleet• kor (コロ) - to hold; to have• kore (コレ) - to give (probably from the causative form of <strong>Ainu</strong> kor "to hold; to have,"i.e. *kor-de > kor-e "to cause to hold; to cause to have" > kore "to give")• Korpokkur (コロポックル) - name of a traditional <strong>Ainu</strong> folktale [5]• kotan (コタン) - village, settlement; dwelling placeo Kamuy-Kotan (カムイコタン) - Kamuikotan, a scenic area located in the valleyof the Ishikari River (literally, "dwelling place of (a/the) god")• ku (ク) - bow• ku (ク) - to drink; to smoke (tobacco, etc.)• kumi (クミ) - moldokumius (クミウシ) - moldy, rotten and covered in mold• kunki (クンキ) - nail (cf. Japanese 釘 kugi)• kunne (クンネ) - black; darkookunnecup (クンネチュプ) - the Moon (literally, "Black Luminary")Kunashir (クナシリ) - Black (Is)land. Present day Kunashir Island.• kur (クル) - shadow• kur (クル) - person; man, husband (cf. Korpokkur)• kut (クッ) - belt, girdle, waistband (explicitly possessed form クチ kuci or クチヒkucihi)5

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