ケナシカ
Ainu「谷地」
Kenas is a low wooded riverbank or plain; ka denotes its upper/surface area. Kaizawa’s 1969 narrative directly uses nay kenas ka peka for travelling through a stream’s wooded area (biratori/006/005#71). This supports the selected word division beyond component matching. The record’s broader 谷地 wetland heading remains a qualification: the phrase is not independently established as an exact swamp noun.
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- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 14, line 11 · ケナシカ
…いシコツ水源ベツヱイトコ汐干シラリシヤツ汐満シラリハア谷地ヤヂ ケナシカ岩山グツ゚ンネ津浪山づみヲハコベ曇るニシクリ砂ヲタ滝シヨー屋敷チセコツ平地キロシテ森トキヤ林テイ…