ウフイヌプリ

Ainu

Etymology

From ウフイ (“to burn”) +‎ ヌプリ (“mountain”). Compare 火山 (huǒshān) in Chinese, Japanese or Korean.

Noun

ウフイヌプリ (Latin spelling uhuy nupuri)

  1. volcano

References

Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan, page 87

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