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cinukarkur

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cinukarkur

北斗七星 · the Big Dipper ⚠ AI·40%

1 recordings · 1 dialects (沙流) · citation form from 沙流

Families

Attested usage 4 hits

cinukarkur

北斗七星

沙流 · 金澤 庄三郎

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Historical records

Ezo hōgen moshiogusa (1792) ↗

These entries have the same editorial modern reading as this headword. Compare the recorded gloss and reading confidence when distinguishing meanings.

  • チヌカルグル · Page 8, line 4 ↗

    北斗

    Modern reading: cinukarkur

    Reading confidence: Medium

    National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics· 乾巻

    Reading source and corrections

    太田 2022 s.v. ほくとしちせい(北斗七星); Batchelor 1938 s.v. Chinukara-guru「n. The north star. A guardian. Also called Chinukara-kamui, i. e. “Divine guardian.” Festive bears are supposed to becom…」 (p.82)

Readings and transcription excerpts from Early Records of the Ainu Language, adapted for this index. Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recordings across dialects

沙流 1

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