 Secondly, there is a large number of names not to be explained in the present state of our knowledge. Some of them have perhaps been corrupted beyond recognition. Some are possibly pure but antiquated Aino, no longer to be understood in the absence of...  アイヌ・英・和辭典 - 29 ページJohn Batchelor 著 - 1905 - 684 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
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...are possibly pure but antiquated Ainu, no longer understood in the absence of any literary tradition. WHY SHOULD NOT SOME HAVE DESCENDED FROM THE ABORIGINES...LATTER ADOPTING THEM AS THE JAPANESE HAVE ADOPTED AlNU NAMES? " (the small capitals are mine). Early in March (1904) I had the pleasure of escorting... | |
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