テㇱマニ

Ainu

Etymology

Compound of テㇱマ (tesma, “snowshoe”) +‎ ニ (ni, “tree”),[1] in possible reference to the shape of the leaves.

Noun

テㇱマニ • (tesmani)

  1. a mulberry tree

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