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View submission: Ainu Language (a beautiful and fascinating language in danger of extinction)
Did Japanese borrow its word for cat from Ainu?
Comment by frozenpandaman at 23/01/2025 at 01:08 UTC
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Nope.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%8C%AB#Japanese
Comment by Turbulent-Sound4815 at 29/01/2025 at 22:00 UTC
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No, but the japanese word for kelp (kombu), a staple in Japanese cooking, is likely derived from the Ainu word Kompu. So there are some loanwords.