イルムンブ
Ainu「如此星」
erumunpulow
Erumun “mouse” and pu “storehouse” support erumunpu as the comparison for イルムンブ, retaining the vowel after r that the inherited ermunpu omits. The initial i/e correspondence remains uncertain; irumunpu tests the written vowel. Fukasawa derives ermunpu from erumunpu and cites Sueoka’s Cancer-cluster identification, which was not independently consulted. Tamura’s shorter ermupu is a constellation name tentatively identified with Orion. The differing forms and figures prevent treating these as a single secure identification. The only ermu pu corpus match says a mouse entered a storehouse and supplies no star-name attestation.
References
Occurrences (1)
- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 22, line 5 · イルムンブ
…白星ニシヤツシヤヲチ宵の明星キンマチスルグル如此星ヲガンヂ如此星イルムンブ火星ホデレケレリコプ如此星イカラカモイヽ塵(チリ)パシナ埃(ホコリ)パナ地震重出シリシユムイ地獄…