カムイモシㇼ
Ainu
Etymology
Compound of カムイ (kamuy, “god”) + モシㇼ (mosir, “land”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kàꜛmúj mò̞ꜛɕíɾ]
Noun
カムイモシㇼ (Latin spelling kamuymosir)
- the "land of the gods", heaven
Synonyms
- リクンモシㇼ (“the land above”)
Antonyms
- テイネポㇰナモシㇼ (teyne pokna mosir, “hell”)
Coordinate terms
- アィヌモシㇼ (aynu mosir, “the world of humans; Hokkaido, the Ainu homeland”)
- ポㇰナモシㇼ (pokna mosir, “the underworld, world of the dead”)
References
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.