Ainu

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Etymology

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From シネ (sine, one) +‎ -ㇷ゚ (-p, noun-forming suffix, reduction of (pe), “thing).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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シネㇷ゚ (Latin spelling sinep)

  1. one, one thing

References

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  1. ^ 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.