aajja (SS)

grandfather

Apefuchi kamui (A)

a deity; fire in the form of an elderly woman who mediates between humans and other deities

apeoi (A)

a sunken fireplace in the centre of the traditional Ainu house

Asircepnomi (A)

an Ainu salmon-welcoming ceremony

attus (A)

a traditional form of Ainu textile

Aynupuri (A)

‘the Ainu way’

banya (A)

a workshop and lodging for fishermen

chinjiri (A)

a type of traditional Ainu clothing

chise (A)

a traditional Ainu house

Chise inomi (A)

the ceremony to celebrate the building of a new house

Chise koenomi (A)

the ceremony of purifying a building site

chitarpe (A)

a rush mat

chitatap (A)

minced vegetables and fish

cikornay (A)

‘our river’

cikoro-inaw (A)

Ainu ritual wooden shaving stick, after being used for the house ceremony

cipor don (A, J)

rice bowl with salmon eggs

citatap (A)

pickles

emusat (A)

a cord used to hang a sword from the shoulder

fu-ta-re-cui (A)

an Ainu dance that expresses the movement of pine trees shaken by a strong wind

fuchi (A)

female elder

gadniha (LS)

invisible beings

gåetie (SS)

traditional Saami dwelling

gáffevuostá (NS)

‘coffee cheese’ made from reindeer milk

gáhko (LS)

bread

guksie (SS)/guksi (NS)

a traditional cup

heperay (A)

an arrow with flowers used in Iomante (bear sending ceremony)

Icarpa (A)

ancestral remembrance ceremony

ikupasuy (A)

an Ainu folk stick used for prayer

inaw (A)

an Ainu folk shaved stick used for prayer

iyairaikere (A)

‘thank you’

joik

traditional Sami vocal art (written in English orthography), also spelled yoik

Kamuy (A)

deities, spirits

Kamuy-cepu (A)

the salmon god

Kamuycepnomi (A)

an alternative name for Asircepnomi, the Ainu salmon-welcoming ceremony

Kamuynomi (A)

reburial ceremony

kofūe (J)

embroidery technique revitalised by Shizue Ukaji

kotan (A)

community, village

laevie (SS)

relative, friend

lavvu

a traditional Sami dwelling (written in English orthography – lávvu in NS)

mukkuri (A)

a traditional mouth harp

nomme/nïmme (SS)

name

Okikirmuy (A)

a personal god of the Ainu

pon saranip (A)

a small, knitted basket

potcheimo (A)

dumplings made from fermented potatoes in winter

rakko (A)

sea otter

rera (A)

wind

ru-i-be (A)

a form of frozen sashimi

ruunpe (A)

a traditional Ainu dress

Sameby (S)

a Sami reindeer-herding community; recognised as a juridical person in law, and an economic association based on the traditional Sami community

Samebyar (S)

plural of Sameby

seikatsukan (J)

a community centre

sirkap (A)

swordfish

sydisdans (S)

‘southern dance’, a new form of dance popular in Sapmi

tar (A)

a rope used to carry a load on the shoulders

tonkori (A)

an Ainu traditional instrument

tonoto (A)

raw sake

torikabuto (J)

a poisonous plant used by the Ainu for hunting big game

ukoitaku (A)

negotiation, discussion

upopo (A)

Ainu everyday songs

utari (A)

friends, companions

Wajin

ethnic Japanese who were settled in Hokkaido

yoik

see joik

yukar (A)

oral epic

Ebisu, Tokyo

Japan

Hayama

Japan

Kantō (region)

Japan

Wajinchi

land of the ethnic Japanese, Japan