List of Ainu Terms - C

C

• cape (チャペ) - cat (cf. Aomori, Akita, and Yamagata Japanese dialects chape ちゃぺ or chappe ちゃっぺ "cat")
• car (チャラ) - mouth (possessed form caro ~ caroho; probably a doublet with Ainu paro "mouth")
• caranke (チャランケ) - appeal (n)
• casi (チャシ) - fence; enclosure; fortress, castle (possibly from Ainu *ci-as-i "we close/shut; we cause to stand"; however, cf. Middle Korean 잣/자시 cas(i) 城 "walled city; castle, fortress")
• cep (チェㇷ゚) - fish (also ciep チエㇷ゚ in some dialects; supposedly derived from Ainu *ci-e-pe "that which we eat, the thing(s) that we eat")
• ci (チ) - penis, a male's private parts (possessed form ciye or ciyehe)
• ci- (チ) - we, a prefix that indicates a first person plural subject or possessor
• cikap (チカㇷ゚) - bird, owl (cf. Chikap Kamuy)
• cikuni (チクニ) - tree; wood, wooden (cf. Nivkh ciγr ~ -ziγr "tree")
• cip (チㇷ゚) - canoe, boat, ship
• cipor (チポロ) - roe, fish eggs
• cir (チㇼ) - bird
• cironnup (チロンヌㇷ゚ ) - fox
• cis (チㇱ) - to cry, to weep, to howl
  • cis-konci (チㇱコンチ) - a kerchief worn for a certain duration by a woman who has been bereaved of her husband; a widow's mourning headdress
• cise (チセ) - house/home
• ciw (チゥ) - tide; current (of a stream or of the sea); wave(s), ripple(s)
• ciw (チゥ) - to stab, to pierce
• chiahorokakepe (チアホロカケペ) - a type of inau shaven with shavings pointing downwards, in contrast to typical inau with shaving pointing upwards. Also known as chehorokakep (チェホロカケㇷ゚)
• cuk （チュㇰ) - autumn
• cup （チュㇷ゚) - luminary, sun, moon; month