ケㇺ

Ainu

Etymology 1

Compare to Turkish kan (“blood”), Chuvash юн (jun); Nganasan кам (kam, “blood”), Northern Selkup кэм (kem, “blood”), Tundra Nenets хэмʼ (xem, “blood”).

Noun

ケㇺ • (kem)

1. blood.
2. a needle.

Related terms

• ケㇺヌ (to bleed)
• ケモリッ (blood vessel)
• ケムㇱ (bloody)
• ケモッ (bloodlike)

Etymology 2

Noun

ケㇺ • (kem)

1. famine, shortage of food

Related terms

• 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