ニシヤツシヤヲチ
Ainu「大白星」
nisatsawotmedium
Nakagawa directly records nisatsawot as the morning star; Tamura, Batchelor and NINJAL give the longer expression with nociw. A narrative catalogued as recorded in 1969 also uses nisatsawot kamuy. This supports the existing reading of 大白星／ニシヤツシヤヲチ. Tamura analyses sawot as avoiding or escaping dawn; Nojiri reports a different nisat-sa-ot analysis. The identification is firmer than the historical etymology. Final チ is compared with final t; no unwritten nociw is added to the selected form.
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- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 22, line 2 · ニシヤツシヤヲチ
…クンネワン∴∵如此星イワンリコプヽ∴・如此星イナウリノカヽ大白星ニシヤツシヤヲチ宵の明星キンマチスルグル如此星ヲガンヂ如此星イルムンブ火星ホデレケレリコプ如此星イカラカモイヽ塵…