トーベケル
Ainu「暁」
topekermedium
Batchelor explicitly gives To-pekere for “in the morning”, supporting the whole-form comparison behind topeker. Confidence rises to medium, while the narrower 暁 “dawn” sense remains qualified. Topekere retains Batchelor’s final vowel; to peker tests division. Its single untranslated social-media match does not independently establish dawn. Sirpeker is a documented dawn comparison with a different initial element. The source’s length mark supplies no proof of a modern accent or phonemic long vowel.
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Occurrences (1)
- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 21, line 3 · トーベケル
…夜前ヲヌマカ夜中アンノシケ夕シリヲヌマ ヲヌマン日暮シリクンネ暁トーベケル ニシヤツ朝ニシヤツ朝五ツ時チユツプヲホツタラ昼四ツ時チユツプリイ昼九ツ時トノヽシケ昼八ツ時チユ…