シユム
Ainu「酉」
summedium
The west sense directly matches 酉. Mukawa records sum as west, and Sato’s earlier transcription has シヤム with that meaning. Tamura distinguishes this directional root from oil and withering; those homonyms are irrelevant here.
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- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 12, line 10 · シユム
…メナシ ノテナイ巳ベケレピカタ午ピカタ未アシノピカタ申ヲモヨヲ酉シユム戌チカイネフ亥ヲツトムン右之外ニヤアシヤンベ 丑 ヲチユクカンベ アツイチヤルグシヲウンヲメ…