ウタリ

noun

kin; relative; comrade; fellow countryman

Ainu word for a close companion, relative, or fellow member of one's community. Used among Ainu people.

from Ainu utari

• 彼かれは私わたしのウタリだ。

  He is my kin.

noun

Ainu (people)

Endonym used by the Ainu to refer to themselves as a people. Compare アイヌ, the more common Japanese term.

See also: アイヌ

• ウタリの文ぶん化かを守まもる活かつ動どうが行おこなわれている。

  Activities to preserve Ainu culture are being carried out.