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ルイ

Ainu

「砥」

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.
田村すず子 1996 s.v. ruy「①[自動]激しい。… / といし(砥石)。…」(砥石); Batchelor 1938 p.428 s.v. 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 10, line 5 · ルイ

    …ヒツケ 中なるは ポイナ 小なるは ヒニケウ フリマ 砥 ルイ凝石ヲタシユマ トイシユマ軽石シユツシユツプ浜辺ピシタ浜端たシツテキシヤム ヲタシヤム川向ふベツ…