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Ainu|ˈaɪnuː|
Also 9 Aino.
[Ainu, lit. ‘man’.]
The name of a Caucasoid people in Japan and the U.S.S.R. and of the language spoken by them. Also attrib.
1819tr. Golovnin's Recoll. Japan v. 242 Their manners shew that the Ainu and Kuriles are one people. 1843J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man xxi. 226 (heading) The Ainos, or Kurilians. 1864J. Hunt tr. Carl Vogt's Lect. Man v. 127 We find a small, nearly extinct tribe of the Kuril islands,—the Ainos,—whose body is so completely covered with shaggy hair, that it gave rise to the Japanese tradition, that the Aino mothers suckled young bears, which gradually became men. 1880I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks in Japan II. 37 He spoke both Aino and Japanese in the low musical tone which I find is characteristic of Aino speech. 1880D. P. Penhallow in Sci. Amer. Suppl. 4 Sept. 3884/2 As an article of clothing, for which use alone it appears to be utilized, the Aino cloth has several good qualities. a1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 12/2 Aino cloth, a cloth made by the Ainos..from the divided fibers of the elm, beaten so as to obtain bast layers, which are split and woven. 1893A. H. S. Landor (title) Alone with the Hairy Ainu. 1931H. G. Wells Work, Wealth & Happiness of Mankind (1932) xiii. 666 The existence of really primitive and undeveloped peoples in small numbers, like the white hairy Ainu or the pygmies. 1932W. L. Graff Language & Languages xi. 411 Ainu, spoken by some 20,000 people in the southern part of the island of Sakhalin. |