Ainu-English Dictionary

Iranian Translators Cyber Association Dictionaries• Kutune-Shirka (クト゜ネシリカ) - name of a sacred Ainu epic [6]M• makiri (マキリ) - knife• mame (マメ) - bean or pea, pulses, legumes• mata (マタ) - winter (also known as the "men's season" for the fact that it is a goodtime of year for men to hunt for furs)o mata-noski (マタノシキ) - midwinter• mat (マッ) - wife; woman; [as prefix] female (explicitly possessed form マチ maci orマチヒ macihi)omatne (マッネ) - female• matak (マタㇰ) - younger sister (from an elder sister's point of view)oa-mataki (アマタキ) (Classical), ku-mataki (クマタキ) (Colloquial), ku-kormatak (クコロ マタク) - my younger sister (said by an elder sister)• matkaci (マッカチ) - girl• matkarku (マッカㇻク) - niece• mean (メアン) - (to be) cold (as the weather)omeekot (メエコッ) - to freeze to death; to starve due to frigid weather• mem (メム) - spring, pool, a place where clear water wells up• menoko (メノコ) - woman• mici (ミチ) - father (in some Ainu dialects, mici is formal and means something like"dead father" or "ancestor"; such dialects typically use aca in the regular meaning of"father")• mina (ミナ) - to laugh• mokor (モコロ) - to sleep• mori (モリ) - small hill, hillock, slope (cf. Japanese mori "forest; [dial.] Shinto shrine,sacred grove, holy place; [dial.] hill")• mosir (モシㇼ) - land; territory; island• moyuk (モユク) - tanuki• mukkuri (ムックリ) - traditional Ainu Jew's harp• mun (ムン) - grass, weed, (useless) plant• munin (ムニン) - rotten• muy (ムイ) - winnow (cf. Japanese mi "winnow")N6