カムィチェㇷ゚

Ainu

Compound of カムィ (kamuy, “bear; god”) +‎ チェㇷ゚ (cep, “fish”).

カムィチェㇷ゚ • (kamuy-cep)

salmon
Synonyms: (literally “true food”) シペ (sipe), (literally “summer food”) サキペ (sakipe)

John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co.
The Foundation for Research and Promotion of Ainu Culture (2011), 中級アイヌ語ー美幌ー (Intermediate Ainu: Bihoro, in Japanese), Sapporo. English website here. Text in PDF format here.
The Foundation for Research and Promotion of Ainu Culture (2011), 中級アイヌ語ー千歳ー (Intermediate Ainu: Chitose, in Japanese), Sapporo. English website here. Text in PDF format here.

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