イナウリノカヽ
Ainu「∴・如此星」
Inawri noka is a provisional reading of イナウリノカヽ. Noka means an image or representation; inawri remains unidentified. The inherited nokaha adds an unwritten h. Final ヽ may repeat カ or represent length, so nokaka and the commentary’s nokaha remain comparisons. Fukasawa explicitly questions the water-chestnut explanation. Inawru “ritual crown” is independently documented, but substituting ru for written ri needs explanation. Nojiri’s crown proposal and Fukasawa’s later Leo comparison are interpretations of related material; neither securely identifies this four-star figure.
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- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics · 乾巻 · Page 22, line 1 · イナウリノカヽ
…シ リカニシヤツ早朝クンネワン∴∵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…