Ainu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowing from Japanese (kogane) with a complementary typical Ainu nasalisation, hence the n.

Noun edit

コンガネ (kongane)

  1. gold

References edit

  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)[1], Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 236