レプンカムイ

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Ainu

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Etymology

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

Noun

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レプンカムイ (repun-kamuy)

  1. orca

References

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  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co.