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AINU DIALECTS.
  Schebu. Ainu. English.
4. Ninaussi Nina-ushi “Sole place.”
5. Notoro Not-oro “Having a blunt cape.”
6. Nubori-Endum Nupuri entom
Nupuri etomo
“Mountain side.”
7. Otassu Ota-shut “Sand foot.” Shut is “the foot of a mountain.”
8. Piro-tzi Pirotchi “The cliffs.”
9. Pissjachssam Pischa-sam “The sea-side.”
10. Po-tomari Pon-tomari “The little harbour.”
11. Ssiranussi Shiran-ushi “Tide-place” or “rocky place.”
12. Ssirepa Shiripa “Land’s head,” or as we should say in English, “Land’s end.”
13. Ssoya Soya
Shoya
“The land of bare rocks.”
14. Ssussucha Susucha kotan
Shuhucha kotan
“The place of willows.”
15. Ssussuso Susu-ush-nai
Shusu-ash-nai
“Willow glen” or “valley.”
16. Tomari-nai Tomari-nai “The harbour of the glen.”
17. Tomari-po Tomaripo “Little harbour” (Lit: “the child of the harbour).”
18. Tunaitscha Tu-nai-cha “The two valleys”—“double valley.”
19. Tyk Tuk “Projecting.”
20. Uen-kotan Wen-kotan “Bad place.”—(sometimes “bad” in the sense of “rocky” or “stony.”)

Many other names might be given but the fore-going will suffice for the present purpose.