ウネウ

noun

fur seal; northern fur seal

Ainu loanword referring to fur seals, especially the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). Used in Hokkaido and contexts related to Ainu culture.

from Ainu

• 北ほっ海かい道どうのアイヌ文ぶん化かでは、ウネウは重じゅう要ような狩しゅ猟りょう対たい象しょうだった。

  In Ainu culture in Hokkaido, the fur seal was an important hunting target.