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AYO v.i. To flow, as the tide. '''Syn:. .'''

,, . v.i. To ebb, as the tide. Syn: .

,, . adj. and v.i. To be kept from doing something by fear of punishment.



 B.

No initial sentence in Yezo Ainu ever properly commences with a b. But in composition p is often nigoried into b. For every word therefore having the sound of b the reader is referred to the same under p.

 C ( チ ).

, , . adj. Great. Many.

, , . n. A Fence. Hedge.

, , . n. Tea.

, , . n. The head. The mouth. The face.

, , . v.t. To cut up. To cut or pinch off as the heads of wheat, millet, barley etc. As:—', “to cut up a whale;” ', “to pinch off heads of millet.”

, , . v.i. Spread out flat.

, , . part. Some - times heard used as a plural suffix to verbs and nouns.

, , . n. The shores of the sea. The low banks of rivers. Syn: 

, , . n. A cat. Also often called  These words are also often heard among the Japanese of Yezo.

, , . n. An old man. As:—', “old men.” ', “old men, I salute you.”

, , . v.t. To saw. To cut. As:—, “to cut wood.”

, , . n. Saw-dust.