リイ
Ainu「高」
rihigh
Tamura directly attests ri for being high, including tall mountains and the sun’s height. The separate skinning verb ri is irrelevant. The modern reading omits the source’s repeated vowel; it does not determine how long that vowel was pronounced in the historical record.
References
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- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 13, line 9 · リイ
…ウン モル チウヱルイベシヨロ皆其所により方位替る峯シリキタイ高リイ浜ゟ出し風ケシカクベシ泊ゟ出し風トマクベシ峠ルチシ岡の道マクベカ燃るアベセベク天河ベツノカ気ハー…