レプンクㇽ

Ainu

Etymology

レㇷ゚ (“shore”) +‎ ウン +‎ クㇽ (“a man, a person”).

Noun

レプンクㇽ • (repunkur)

  1. (poetic) "people of the shores", legendary enemies of the Ainu in yukar legends.
  2. (by extension) a foreigner.
    Synonym: シサㇺ
    Antonym: ヤウンクㇽ (“a person from this land, an Ainu person”)

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