レプンカムイ

Ainu

Etymology

Compound of レㇷ゚ (rep, “the sea, the ocean”) +‎ ウン (un, “of, in”) +‎ カムイ (kamuy, “spirit, god”).

Noun

レプンカムイ • (repun-kamuy)

  1. orca

References
  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co.
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