List of Ainu Terms - R

R

• rakko (ラッコ) - a sea otter (borrowed into Japanese with the same form and meaning)
• ram （ラㇺ） - heart (in the figurative sense), bosom, soul, mind; understanding, intellect
  • eraman (エラマン) - to know, to understand (also e-ram an　エラㇺアン)
• ramat (ラマッ) - soul, spirit; meaning (of a word, etc.) (possessed form ramaci ラマチ)
• rap (ラㇷ゚) - feather; wing
  • raporapo (ラポラポ) - to fly, to flap the wings
  • kisarrap (キサㇻラㇷ゚) - the external ear, the part of the ear that projects from the side of the head; earlobe
• rar (ラㇻ) - eyebrow (possessed form ラル raru or ラルフ raruhu)
  • rarnuma (ラㇻヌマ) - eyebrow, the hair of the eyebrows
  • rarutur (ラルトゥㇽ) - the space between the eyebrows
• rarak (ララㇰ) - to be smooth; to be slippery
• ray (ラィ) - to die
  • cupray (チュㇷ゚ラィ) - eclipse
  • rayke (ラィケ) - to kill (one thing), to cause (a singular object) to die
• re (レ) - name (possessed form レヘ rehe)
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  • rep (レㇷ゚) - three things (<*re pe)
  • ren (レン) - three persons (<*re niu)
• rekut (レクッ) - neck, throat (possessed form レクチ rekuci or レクチヒ rekucihi)
• rep (レㇷ゚) - offshore, the offing, (out in the) sea
  • repun (レプン) - in the offing, offshore, out in the sea (cf. Rebun Island)
    • repunkamuy (レプンカムィ) - god of the sea; orca; (in Samani dialect) whale
• rera (レラ) - wind
• resu (レス) - to raise (a child, etc.), to rear, to bring up, to foster
  • respa (レㇱパ) - to raise
  • u-respa (ウレㇱパ) - to live together, to cohabit
• retar (レタㇻ) - white
  • retatcir (レタッチㇼ) - swan
• ri （リ） - high, tall, lofty
• rir (リㇼ) - wave (of the sea)
• rimse (リㇺセ) - a dance; to dance; to jump up
• rok (ロク) - to sit
• ronnu (ロンヌ) - to kill (more than one thing), to massacre (occurs as ロンノ ronno in some dialects)
• ru (ル) - path, way, road, street
• rupus (ルプㇱ) - to freeze
• rur (ルㇽ) - (clear) soup, broth, gravy; the tide, the surface of the sea, sea water, sea, ocean
  • cep rur (チェㇷ゚ルㇽ) - fish broth
  • runnu (ルンヌ) - to be salty
• rus (ルㇱ) - fur, hide, skin (of an animal) (cf. Nivkh cus ~ -zus "meat, flesh")
• ruska (ルㇱカ) - to get angry (often used in the form イルㇱカ i-ruska "to get angry about it")
• ruy (ルィ) - whetstone, grindstone
• ruyanpe (ルヤンペ) - rain; storm