モシㇼ

Ainu

Alternative forms

• モシリ

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mò̞ꜛɕíɾ]

Noun

モシㇼ (Latin spelling mosir)

1. country, land
2. island
3. world

Derived terms

• アィヌモシㇼ (aynu mosir, “Hokkaido, the world of humans”, literally “Ainu land, people land”)
• アコㇿモシㇼ (akor mosir, “Hokkaido”, literally “our land”)
• ウㇰライナ モシㇼ (Ukraina mosir, “Ukraine”)
• カムイモシㇼ (kamuy mosir, “heaven”, literally “gods land”)
• コレヤ モシㇼ (Koreya mosir, “Korea”)
• サモㇿモシㇼ (samor mosir, “Honshu; Japan”, literally “next-door land”)
• シサㇺ モシㇼ (Sisam mosir, “Japan”, literally “foreigner land”)
• チン モシㇼ (Cin mosir, “China”)
• テイネポㇰナモシㇼ (teyne pokna mosir, “hell”)
• ヌチャモシㇼ (nuca mosir, “Russia”)
• ポㇰナモシㇼ (pokna mosir, “underworld”, literally “the world below”)
• リクンモシㇼ (rikun mosir, “heaven”, literally “above land”)
• レプンモシㇼ (repun mosir, “Honshu”, literally “offshore land”)

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.