| Ainu | English | Examples/Remarks |
| A |
| an | to be, to stay | . |
| ape | fire | ape huchi(old ladyjkamuyigodj |
| ar | a half | . |
| ar | utterly, wholly | Must be difficult to differentiate from "ar" that means "a half." |
| are | to sit; to set | . |
| as | to stand | . |
| B |
| bet | river | Same as "pet". No differentiation between "b" and "p". |
| C |
| chikap | a bird | . |
| chip | a ship | Bird & Ship are popular motif in ancient Japanese. | |
| chir | a bird | Ditto. |
| chis | a rock; to cry | . |
| chichikew | a monster | Whether big or small. |
| E |
| ekasi | old man (respected), chief | . |
| H |
| hanku | a navel | . |
| has | bush | . |
| huchi | old lady (respected) | ape huchi kamuy |
| hukui | to burn | Karafuto (Sakhalin) dialect |
| hur | hill, mountain, slope | . |
| hur-kap | corp (dead body) | . |
| hure | red (color) | . |
| I |
| i | the | Finite article. And many other uses. |
| -i | making a transitive verb | . |
| -i | time,place,thing,person,event | . |
| ika | exceed,cross,go over | . |
| iwor | hunting ground | . |
| K |
| ka | on, above | . |
| kar | to make, to make a fire | . |
| kay | to break; hard wave | . |
| kaya | sail | NOT as a verb, but as a noun. |
| kay-kuma | bush,woods to burn, a rabit | . |
| kay-kuma-terke | white wave, triangular wave | . |
| ki | miscanthus (name of plant similar to reed) | . |
| kir | knee (bone) | . |
| kir | a mountain | Bihoro dialect |
| kir | to be acquainted with, to remember | . |
| kirkiru | to see | . |
| kisar | an ear | . |
| kisar | reed field | . |
| kitay | peak, top (of a hill) | . |
| kimuy | mountain, hill | spelling correction 98/6/30. |
| kiyay | (sun)light, ray | . |
| ko | toward | . |
| kotan | village,country | . |
| kur | person, shadow | nis-kur sky's shadow=cloud |
| M |
| meru | a light; to light | . |
| mike | a light; to light | . |
| mo | small, quiet | mo-sir small island, country |
| more | to stay calmly | . |
| N |
| nay | a river | . |
| ni | a tree | . |
| nis | sky, heaven, cloud | . |
| nis-kur | sky's shadow | =cloud |
| nispa | chief, the rich | of a house or a village |
| nit | a skew | as in Yakitori, Shushu-khabab |
| nonno | a flower, a goddy, a mother | Japanese dialect & kid's word for gods. |
| noto | calm | of a sea |
| nu | to liesten to, to hear | . |
| nu | a big result | of fishing |
| nu | to see | word root |
| nukar | to see | . |
| nup | a field | . |
| nupuki | muddy water | muddy/spritual/sulferic |
| nupu-ke | a field; oil, fat |
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| nupur | colored; having misterious power | Nobori-betsu ƒ nupur pet |
| nupuri | a mountain | Note difference from nupur. |
| O |
| ota | a shore | of a sea or a river |
| P |
| pana | down river | =pan,panke |
| pena | up river | =pen,penke |
| pet | a river | =bet |
| pet-char | a river mouth | . |
| pet-put | a river mouth | . |
| petcha | a river edge, a river shore | . |
| pinne | male | Pinne sir exist in Samani. |
| pin-ne | manly, manlike | mat-ne=womanly,womanlike |
| pira | an edge, a steep hill | . |
| pis | a shore, a sandy island | Osumi Fudoki records the same word. |
| pon | small | vs. poro=large |
| poro | large | . |
| R |
| ran | to go down | . |
| ranke | to let go down | ranke kanto=downward heaven |
| ranko | Cercidipyullum japonicum | name of a tree, Katsura in Japanese |
| rikun | high, above | rik+un=above+belonging to |
| ritne | hard | opposite of "soft" |
| rok | to sit (pl.) | For plural subject.Singular is "a". |
| S |
| san | a slope, a cape, a shelf, a flat hill | . |
| san | to push out | Often about water. San-nai. |
| sar | a field of reed (plant) | Important word for me. |
| sar | a tail | . |
| si | true,real,good,big | . |
| sikar | to rotate, to turn | I-sikar-i river? |
| sinrit | root | Plant and ancestor. |
| sir | a mountain | Many other meanings. |
| so | bottom | . |
| so | a water fall | . |
| suma | a stone, a rock | . |
| T |
| ta | to cut, dig; to draw (water) | . |
| tama | a (jade) ball | Borrowed to/from Japanese? |
| to | a day, a lake, a sea | . |
| tomari | a port | Borrowed to/from Japanese? |
| tom | to shine, to light, to be bright | . |
| tom-i | item that shines | . |
| totto | mother, breast | . |
| toy | soil, field | . |
| tu | two (2) | . |
| tu | a hill; old | To-kotan |
| tuk | a small hill | . |
| tum | in, within | . |
| tuma | cotton | no special textile |
| tumam | a body,a fence | . |
| tumunci | an evil spirit, a devil | . |
| turi | a rod | as to roar a boat or to fish |
| U |
| uhuy | to burn | . |
| uk | to receive | For plural subject, uyna. |
| uko-nupur | intercourse | . |
| ukao-nupuri | mountain after mountain | . |
| un | to belong, reside, be, let enter | . |
| una | ash | . |
| ur | a hill | Tokachi dialect. Same as hur. |
| urar | mist, vapor | . |
| ure | a leg | . |
| urir | a bird that is known to | catch fish for men. |
| us | to grow, have; to put on (shoes) | . |
| us | to go out (fire), to vanish | . |
| usi | place | =us+i place where something grows much; place where something done often [Chiri]. |
| usi | to apply, attach | . |
| Y |
| yan | land | as opposite to beyond |
| yasa | to break | . |
| W |
| wakka | water | Wakka-nai. |