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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.
  • 単語リスト(アイヌ語・日本語)―石狩川― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Ishikari River, Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Ishikari River)[2] (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 公益財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture), 2014 (Hokkaido)