Main Entry: Ai·nu

Pronunciation: \ˈī-(ˌ)nü\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Ainu or Ainus

Etymology: Ainu aynu person

Date: 1819

1 : a member of an indigenous people of the Japanese archipelago, the Kuril Islands, and part of Sakhalin Island
2 : the language of the Ainu people