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Ainu
Etymology
Borrowing from Japanese 金 (kogane) with a complementary typical Ainu nasalisation, hence the n.
Noun
コンガネ • (kongane)
- gold
References
- John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language), Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 236