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Ainu
Etymology
From ウフイ (“to burn”) + ヌプリ (“mountain”). Compare 火山 (huǒshān) in Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
Noun
ウフイヌプリ (Latin spelling uhuy nupuri)
- volcano
References
Batchelor, John (1926) An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Kyobunkan, page 87