List of Ainu Terms - I

I

• ikka (イㇰカ) - to steal (also イㇱカ iska in some dialects)
  • ikkap (イㇰカㇷ゚) - thief
  • ikkakamuy (イㇰカカムィ) - thief
• ikuspe (イクㇱペ) - pillar, column
• imeru (イメル) - lightning
• inau (イナゥ) - sacred shaved stick, symbolizing a bird, used for prayer
• ine (イネ)
  • inen (イネン) - four persons
  • inep (イネㇷ゚) - four things
• iomante (イオマンテ) - the Ainu bear festival (sometimes pronounced as イヨマンテ iyomante, イヨマンデ iyomande, etc.; from i- ("it, something, someone," a prefix for vaguely indicating the object of a verb) + oman (to go) + -te (causative suffix))
• ipe （イペ） - to eat, to have a meal; fish (especially the likes of salmon, trout, or sturgeon)
  • somo ku-ipe na (ソモ　クイペ　ナ) - I won't eat.
• ipetam (イペタㇺ) - legendary Ainu sword
• ironne (イロンネ) - thick (as a flattish object)
• isam (イサㇺ) - not to exist, not to be, not to have; to be gone, not to be there anymore; to die (semantically equivalent to Japanese 無い, なくなる, or （～て）しまう)
• isepo (イセポ) - rabbit, hare (イソポ isopo in some dialects)
• itak (イタㇰ) - language
• iwan (イワン) - six; many
  • iwanpe (イワンペ) - six things, six animals, six persons
  • iwaniw (イワニゥ) - six persons
• iwaw (イワゥ) - sulfur (cf. Japanese iō "sulfur" < iwau ?< Chinese 硫磺 liúhuáng "sulfur, brimstone")