ケㇺ

Ainu

Etymology 1

Compare to Turkish kan (“blood”), Chuvash юн (jun); Nganasan кам (“blood”), Selkup кэм (“blood”), Tundra Nenets хэм’ (“blood”).

Noun

ケㇺ • (kem)

  1. blood.
  2. a needle.
  • ケㇺヌ (to bleed)
  • ケモリッ (blood vessel)
  • ケムㇱ (bloody)
  • ケモッ (bloodlike)

Noun

ケㇺ • (kem)

  1. famine, shortage of food
  • ケメコッ (to die of hunger, to starve to death)
  • ケㇺノイェ (to die of hunger)
  • ケムㇱ (starving, famished)

Verb

ケㇺ • (kem)

  1. (transitive) to lick.

References

Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan

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