アリナレがわ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
阿利那礼河
アリナレ河
アリナレ川
ありなれ河
ありなれ川

Etymology

From an Old Korean element + 河 (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ナレ (nare) is Old Korean 川理 (*NAli / *NAri, “river”).[1]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “아리수”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾʲina̠ɾe̞ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Proper noun

アリナレがわ or ありなれがわ • (Arinare-gawa) ←アリナレがは (Arinare-gafa)?

  1. An ancient river mentioned in the Nihon Shoki, perhaps Yalu River (鴨緑江 (Ōryoku-kō)), and treated as such during the Empire of Japan's rule over both Manchuria and Korea

References
  1. “阿利那礼河”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Further reading
  • “Arinare-gawa (鴨綠江)”, in 日本外來語辭典, 1915, page 10
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