Aynuitak Huskokampi Aomarepu アイヌ語古記録データベース Early Records Database of the Ainu Language

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ルイ

Ainu

「砥石」

ruymedium
Both references explicitly attest the whetstone noun. The common ruy meaning intense or strong is a separate sense and supplies no evidence for 砥.
Tamura 1996 ruy「①[自動]激しい。… / といし(砥石)。…」(砥石); Batchelor 1938 p.428 Rui「n. A black-beetle. / n. A whetstone. A grindstone. / v.i. To burn. To blow. To come down as rain. As:—Abe rui, rera rui, apto rui, “the fire burns, the wind blows, and it is… / adj. Great. Expensive. Loud. Large. Rough. Coarse. As:—Aya rui ni, “coarse grained wood.”」(砥石)Source passage
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  1. National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 100, line 8 · ルイ

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