menoko

Ainu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowing from Japanese 女の子 (menoko).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /mèꜛnókó/

Noun edit

menoko (Kana spelling メノコ)

woman (adult human female)

Usage notes edit

This term has replaced the native words for "woman" in modern Ainu.

Synonyms edit

(dialectal) siwentep
(obsolete) mat-ainu

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