Crab

Japanese: かには
Crab

… [Motoji Okamoto]
[Origin of the word hippopotamus]
The word kaba can be used in two ways: as a general term for trees in the Betula genus, or as a term for the bark of trees such as Chou-jizakura, Uwamizuzakura, Shirakaba, and Udai-kanba, or for these trees. The latter corresponds to the archaic word kani-ni-wa, and in the past birch and cherry trees were confused because their bark is similar, but they both were used as materials for making bentwood. Both kaba and kani-ni-wa are said to come from the Ainu word karimpa, which means umida-kanba and oyamazakura.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "kani ni" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【岡本 素治】
[カバの語源]
 カバの語は,カバノキ属の樹木を総称する場合と,チョウジザクラ,ウワミズザクラ,シラカバ,ウダイカンバなどの樹皮もしくはこれらの樹木をいう場合と2通りある。後者は古語の〈かには〉にあたるもので,古くはカバノキとサクラの仲間は,樹皮が似ているので混同されていたが,ともに曲物の材料とされた点は共通している。カバ,〈かには〉は,いずれもウダイカンバおよびオオヤマザクラのアイヌ語カリンパkarimpaによるものといわれる。…

※「かには」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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