Ainu

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Etymology

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Compound of テㇱマ (tesma, snowshoe) +‎ (ni, tree),[1] in possible reference to the shape of the leaves.

Noun

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テㇱマニ (tesmani)

  1. a mulberry tree

References

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  1. ^ 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.