What does "ainu" mean?

A member of an ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

Ainu

Common synonyms include: ainu individual, ainu language, ainu member, ainu person, ainu speech, ainu tongue.

/ˈaɪnuː/ adj, name, noun

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Noun

1
A member of an ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
"In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, […]"
2
Synonym of Hokkaido (“a dog breed”).
"[…] Hokkaidos or Ainus (smaller versions of the Akita); Akitas, Japanese Spitz, Japanese Chin, Nippon Terriers and Kai Ken."

Adjective

Proper Noun

1
The endangered language spoken by the Ainu ethnic group, generally considered a language isolate with no known relation to other languages.

"I studied the structure of Ainu families."

From Japanese アイヌ (Ainu), from Ainu アイヌ (aynu, “person”).