アリナレがわ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
阿利那礼河 アリナレ河 アリナレ川 ありなれ河 ありなれ川

Etymology

From an Old Korean element + 河 (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ナレ (nare) is Old Korean 川理 (*NAli / *NAri, “river”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “아리수”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾʲina̠ɾe̞ɡa̠β̞a̠]

Proper noun

アリナレがわ or ありなれがわ • (Arinare-gawa) ^{←アリナレがは (Arinare-gafa)?}

1. An ancient river mentioned in the Nihon Shoki, perhaps Yalu River (鴨緑江 (Ōryoku-kō)), and treated as such during the Empire of Japan's rule over both Manchuria and Korea

Further reading

• “Arinare-gawa (鴨綠江)”, in 日本外來語辭典, 1915, page 10