カムイモシㇼ

Ainu

Etymology

Compound of カムイ (kamuy, “god”) +‎ モシㇼ (mosir, “land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kàꜛmúj mò̞ꜛɕíɾ]

Noun

カムイモシㇼ (Latin spelling kamuymosir)

1. heaven

Synonyms

• リクンモシㇼ (“the land above”)

Antonyms

• テイネポㇰナモシㇼ (teyne pokna mosir, “hell”)

Coordinate terms

• アィヌモシㇼ (aynu mosir, “the world of humans; Hokkaido, the Ainu homeland”)
• ポㇰナモシㇼ (pokna mosir, “the underworld, world of the dead”)

References

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.