エレㇺ

Ainu

Alternative forms

エルㇺ (erum)

Etymology

Proto-Ainu *Erum HH (“mouse”).^[1]

Noun

エレㇺ • (erem)

rat

dialect table: mouse, rat (1964)^[2]
area	pronunciation
Yakumo (八雲)	érum
Horobetsu (幌別)	érum
Saru (沙流)	érmu
Obihiro (帯広)	érumun
Bihoro (美幌)	erumun
Asahikawa (旭川)	érum
Nayoro (名寄)	érum
Soya (宗谷)	erúmun
Karafuto (樺太)	erumu(<<野ネズミ>>も)
Chishima (千島)	erum(115)

Derived terms

エレㇺキナ (erem kina, “Plantago major: broadleaf plaintain, greater plantain”, literally “rat grass”)
エレㇺタㇺブ (erem tambu, “wart”, literally “rat shell”)

References

^ Vovin, Alexander V. (1993), Leiden: E.J. Brill, editors, A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu., page 86
^ 服部四郎 [Shirō Hattori] (1964), アイヌ語方言辞典 [Ainu Go Hōgen Jiten, An Ainu Dialect Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Japan: 岩波書店 [Iwanami Shoten]

John Batchelor (1905), An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎^[2], Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co.