メム
Ainu「古川」
memlow
Modern mem means a spring; Batchelor also gives pond, lake or swamp. The related historical entry specifies standing water in an old channel, narrowing 古川. Batchelor’s Memoro directly means old river beds but contains an ending absent from メム. That longer form and mem or remain comparisons, not supplied source text.
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- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 10, line 12 · メム
…タ浜端たシツテキシヤム ヲタシヤム川向ふベツプタ川の俣ベタヌ古川メム岡ヤ ヤタ丘陵ヤベカ川原ビタラ ツビラツカビウカ瀬ラツカ堀ヱチヤン ウヲリ シリウヲリ野ヌプカ坂…