チロンヌㇷ゚

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Ainu

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Etymology

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Compound of (ci, people, as a general indicator) +‎ ロンヌ (ronnu, to kill) +‎ ㇷ゚ (-p, nominalizing suffix), basically meaning “the thing that people kill”.

Noun

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チロンヌㇷ゚ (Latin spelling cironnup)

  1. fox

Synonyms

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  • ウパㇲ チロンヌㇷ゚ (upas cironnup, ermine, literally “snow” + “thing people kill”, “snow” in reference to the white coat)
  • ウォロ チロンヌㇷ゚ (woro cironnup, river otter, literally “interior” + “thing people kill”, “interior” in reference to inland rivers)

References

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  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co.