チシ
Ainu「曲径」
cismedium
Batchelor has a separate Chish noun meaning a steep winding or precipitous path, directly supporting 曲径. The previous reference to crying selected the wrong homonym. The adjacent cikusi is another attested path term; no omitted syllable needs to be invented to explain cis.
References
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- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 11, line 15 · チシ
…シベ交蝕チユツプライ立浪カイベ泙メツ゚ メト ネトー曲径チクシ チシ子マツナウ丑べシカンベ寅ラマト卯メナシ辰イカメナシ ノテナイ巳ベケレピカタ午ピカタ未アシノピカタ…