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It depends on the dialect I think. Irankarapte seems to be quite common. In Shizunai Ikatay is used as a way of saying something like hello or long time no see. They use Irankarapte on the trains in Hokkaido from memory. Rankarap means to greet. Ainu makes words via the use of a lot of prefixes and affixes. For example thank you is iyayraykere - i-yay-rayke-re which is like to people - self - kill - make. A not so nice word for fox is cironnup, ci-ronnu-p which means we-kill-thing.
Comment by Different_Method_191 at 07/11/2024 at 13:00 UTC
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Thanks for this information. Does the word "cup" in Ainu mean "sun" and "moon"? If so, is there a way to distinguish when moon or sun is used?