ケㇺ
Appearance
Ainu
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Compare to Turkish kan (“blood”), Chuvash юн (jun); Nganasan кам (kam, “blood”), Northern Selkup кэм (kem, “blood”), Tundra Nenets хэмʼ (xem, “blood”).
Noun
[edit]ケㇺ • (kem)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]ケㇺ • (kem)
Related terms
[edit]- ケメコッ (“to die of hunger, to starve to death”)
- ケㇺノイェ (“to die of hunger”)
- ケㇺラㇺ (“a famine”)
- ケムㇱ (“starving, famished”)
Verb
[edit]ケㇺ • (kem)
- (transitive) to lick.
References
[edit]Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan