Ainu edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

シサㇺ (Latin spelling sisam)

  1. a Japanese person
  2. foreigner, non-Ainu

Proper noun edit

シサㇺ (sisam)

  1. Japan
    Synonym: シサㇺモシㇼ (sisam mosir)
  2. Japanese language
    Synonym: シサㇺイタㇰ (sisam itak)

Descendants edit

  • Nivkh: сисам (sisam)

References edit

  • 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., page 420