ベツノカ
Ainu「天河」
petnokamedium
The complete word petnoka is directly attested for the Milky Way. Tamura and Kayano analyse pet “river” plus noka “image/form”. The joined modern spelling follows their headwords and NINJAL. These later records support the lexical identification without dating their precise pronunciation to the source period.
References
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- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 13, line 15 · ベツノカ
…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リヽ虹ラヲチ牽牛チクサグル織女マラフトノカ参宿イウタニ水の湧ワツカボプ ベボプ窪いシコツ水…