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Okuda Osami 奥田統己 (2022). Meter in Ainu oral literature. Handbook of the Ainu language (HJLL 12), ch. 11. De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin & Boston.

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The Consonant Inventory and Its Phonetic Realization 1

1. In Hokkaido Ainu dialects, there are five vowels, twelve consonants (including the glottal stop) that can occur as syllable onsets, and nine consonants that can appear in coda position.
   北海道アイヌ語諸方言において、母音は5個、音節頭子音として生起しうる子音は声門閉鎖音を含めて12個、音節末子音として生起しうる子音は9個である。
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Hokkaido Dialect Classification and Dialectometry 1

1. The Saru and Chitose dialects share non-metrical linguistic characteristics despite being separated geographically.
   沙流方言と千歳方言は地理的に離れているにもかかわらず、韻律以外の特徴において共通点を持つことが知られている。
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The Oral-Literature Genre System and Its Grammatical Signatures 1

1. In Saru dialect oral literature, lyrical poetry disfavors four-syllable lines, whereas four-syllable lines make up 15 to 30% of the total lines in divine epic poetry.
   沙流方言の口承文芸において、抒情詩歌は4音節行を嫌うのに対し、神謡では4音節行が全行数の15〜30％を占める。
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The Pitch-Accent Placement Rule and the Accented/Accentless Dialect Split 6

1. In Hokkaido Ainu, if the first syllable of a word is closed, the pitch accent falls on the first syllable.
   北海道アイヌ語において、語の第1音節が閉音節である場合、第1音節にアクセントが置かれる。
   asserts asserts: itabashi2001, nakagawa2024 3 statements
2. In Hokkaido Ainu, if the first syllable of a word is open, the pitch accent falls on the second syllable.
   北海道アイヌ語において、語の第1音節が開音節である場合、第2音節にアクセントが置かれる。
   asserts asserts: itabashi2001, nakagawa2024 3 statements
3. In Hokkaido Ainu, there are exceptional words where the accent falls on the first syllable despite it being an open syllable.
   北海道アイヌ語には、第1音節が開音節であるにもかかわらず例外的に第1音節にアクセントが置かれる語が存在する。
   asserts asserts: itabashi2001 2 statements
4. Many Hokkaido dialects of Ainu have an accent distinguishing between high and low syllables.
   北海道アイヌ語の多くの方言は、高低の音節を区別するアクセントをもつ。
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5. Certain dialects of Ainu are reported not to have a distinction in accent.
   アイヌ語にはアクセントの区別を持たない方言が存在すると言われている。
   reports
6. Words with the accent on the first syllable comprise about 20 to 30% of the Ainu vocabulary.
   第1音節にアクセントをもつ単語は、アイヌ語語彙の約20〜30％を占める。
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Reduplication Phonology and Rule Interaction 1

1. In Ainu word formation, roots may undergo reduplication, and vowel reduplication occurs commonly in derivational morphology.
   アイヌ語の語形成において、語根が重複されることがあり、語派生において母音の重複（反復）が一般的に見られる。
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The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse 15

1. Ainu oral verse employs an accent-oriented meter that arranges the placement of pitch accent within a verse line.
   アイヌ語の韻文には、行内のピッチアクセントの配置を整える「アクセント志向」の韻律が存在する。
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2. Deliberate and obligatory alliteration and end rhyme do not exist as versification techniques in Ainu poetry.
   アイヌ語の詩歌において、意図的・義務的な頭韻や脚韻は作詩技法として存在しない。
   asserts asserts: nakagawa2024 2 statements
3. In verse recitation, the verb ki 'do' can be inserted between predicates or particles as an expletive technique to adjust the syllable count.
   韻文において、音節数を調整する技法として動詞 ki「する」が述語や助詞の間に挿入されることがある。
   reports reports: endo2022 2 statements
4. In verse recited by multiple speakers of the Hokkaido Saru dialect, there exists an accent-orientation meter that arranges the placement of accent within a line of verse.
   北海道沙流方言の複数の話者によって朗誦される韻文には、行内のアクセント配置を整える「アクセント志向」の韻律が存在する。
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5. In Saru dialect divine epic poetry, the vast majority of four-syllable lines place the accent on the first syllable of the line.
   沙流方言の神謡において、4音節行の大多数は行の第1音節にアクセントが置かれる。
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6. Divine epic poems from the Chitose area exhibit the same accent-oriented meter found in performers from the Saru region.
   千歳地方の神謡においても、沙流地方の伝承者に見られるのと同様の「アクセント志向」の韻律が観察される。
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7. In the Chitose divine epic poem Wawo kamuy, 56 out of 62 four-syllable lines, as well as all two- and three-syllable lines, have the accent placed on the first syllable of the line.
   千歳の神謡『Wawo kamuy』において、4音節行62行中56行、およびすべての2音節行・3音節行で行頭の第1音節にアクセントが置かれている。
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8. In the Chitose divine epic poem Apehucikamuy, 71 out of 79 four-syllable lines have the accent placed on the first syllable of the line.
   千歳の神謡『Apehucikamuy』において、4音節行79行中71行で行頭の第1音節にアクセントが置かれている。
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9. In Shirasawa Nabe's Chitose divine epic performances, four-syllable lines make up 27 to 36 percent of all lines, and the vast majority have the accent placed on the first syllable.
   白沢ナベによる千歳の神謡の実演例において、4音節行は全行の27〜36％を占め、その大多数で行頭の第1音節にアクセントが置かれている。
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10. In actual performances of Chitose divine epics, the accent throughout the line is placed within a fixed rhythmic range on either the first or second syllable.
    千歳の神謡の実際の歌唱において、アクセントは終始、第1音節または第2音節という一定のリズム範囲内に置かれる。
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11. Multiple patterns among cross-linguistic types of meter exist in Ainu poetry and are used differentially by one and the same reciter.
    アイヌ語の詩には世界の諸言語に見られる韻律の類型のうち複数のパターンが存在し、同一の語り手によって使い分けられている。
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12. In a single oral performance of the heroic epic Tumi suykere wenpe suykere recited by Hatozawa Wateke, both syllable-count-orientation and accent-orientation meters appear, differentiated according to the musical rhythm.
    波東ワテケの口演による英雄叙事詩『Tumi suykere wenpe suykere』の単一の語りにおいて、音楽的リズムに応じて音節数志向韻律とアクセント志向韻律の双方が使い分けられて現れる。
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13. Accent orientation may have been a metrical technique original to Ainu, whereas syllable count orientation was acquired through contact with the meter of Japanese.
    アクセント志向韻律はアイヌ語内部に本来的な韻律技法であり、音節数志向韻律は日本語の韻律との接触を通じて獲得された可能性がある。
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14. The uncontracted form of the person marker ku- is employed in verse as a technique to adjust the number of syllables in a line.
    詩行の音節数を調整する技法として、人称標識 ku- の非縮約形が用いられる。
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15. The vowel /u/ may be added at the beginning of lines when reciting verse in order to adjust syllable counts.
    音節数を調整するため、朗誦時に行頭に /u/ が付加されることがある。
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The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse 16

1. Multiple patterns among cross-linguistic types of meter exist in Ainu poetry and are used differentially by one and the same reciter.
   アイヌ語の詩には世界の諸言語に見られる韻律の類型のうち複数のパターンが存在し、同一の語り手によって使い分けられている。
   p. 11.5 existence asserts checked · anchor 100% ainu
2. In a single oral performance of the heroic epic Tumi suykere wenpe suykere recited by Hatozawa Wateke, both syllable-count-orientation and accent-orientation meters appear, differentiated according to the musical rhythm.
   波東ワテケの口演による英雄叙事詩『Tumi suykere wenpe suykere』の単一の語りにおいて、音楽的リズムに応じて音節数志向韻律とアクセント志向韻律の双方が使い分けられて現れる。
   p. 11.5 variation asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido/southwest/saru Tumi suykere wenpe suykere
3. Accent orientation may have been a metrical technique original to Ainu, whereas syllable count orientation was acquired through contact with the meter of Japanese.
   アクセント志向韻律はアイヌ語内部に本来的な韻律技法であり、音節数志向韻律は日本語の韻律との接触を通じて獲得された可能性がある。
   p. 11.5 diachrony proposes checked · anchor 100% ainu
4. Divine epic poems from the Chitose area exhibit the same accent-oriented meter found in performers from the Saru region.
   千歳地方の神謡においても、沙流地方の伝承者に見られるのと同様の「アクセント志向」の韻律が観察される。
   p. 11.4 distribution asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido/chitosehokkaido/southwest/saru
5. In the Chitose divine epic poem Wawo kamuy, 56 out of 62 four-syllable lines, as well as all two- and three-syllable lines, have the accent placed on the first syllable of the line.
   千歳の神謡『Wawo kamuy』において、4音節行62行中56行、およびすべての2音節行・3音節行で行頭の第1音節にアクセントが置かれている。
   p. 11.4 frequency asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido/chitose
6. In the Chitose divine epic poem Apehucikamuy, 71 out of 79 four-syllable lines have the accent placed on the first syllable of the line.
   千歳の神謡『Apehucikamuy』において、4音節行79行中71行で行頭の第1音節にアクセントが置かれている。
   p. 11.4 frequency asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido/chitose
7. In Shirasawa Nabe's Chitose divine epic performances, four-syllable lines make up 27 to 36 percent of all lines, and the vast majority have the accent placed on the first syllable.
   白沢ナベによる千歳の神謡の実演例において、4音節行は全行の27〜36％を占め、その大多数で行頭の第1音節にアクセントが置かれている。
   p. 11.4 frequency asserts anchored · anchor 100% hokkaido/chitose
8. In actual performances of Chitose divine epics, the accent throughout the line is placed within a fixed rhythmic range on either the first or second syllable.
   千歳の神謡の実際の歌唱において、アクセントは終始、第1音節または第2音節という一定のリズム範囲内に置かれる。
   p. 11.4 distribution asserts anchored · anchor 100% hokkaido/chitose
9. In addition to syllable-count-oriented meter, Ainu oral literature employs an accent-oriented meter as a composition technique that shows geographical spread.
   アイヌ口承文芸には、従来指摘されてきた音節数志向の韻律に加えて、地理的な広がりをもつ作詩技法としての「アクセント志向」の韻律が存在する。
   p. 11.4 existence asserts checked · anchor 100% ainu
10. In the tradition of Ainu verse, there exists a metric that arranges the placement of pitch accent within a line, termed 'accent orientation'.
    アイヌ語の韻文の伝統には、行内のアクセントの配置を整える「アクセント志向」と呼ばれる韻律が存在する。
    p. 11.1 existence asserts checked · anchor 100% ainu
11. The auxiliary verb ki 'do' can be inserted between verbs, auxiliaries, and final particles as a versification technique to adjust syllable count and rhythm.
    音節数やリズムを調整する作歌技法として、動詞・助動詞・終助詞の間に補助動詞 ki「する」が挿入されることがある。
    p. 11.2 form-function reports checked · anchor 100% ainu ki
12. The uncontracted form of the person marker ku- is employed in verse as a technique to adjust the number of syllables in a line.
    詩行の音節数を調整する技法として、人称標識 ku- の非縮約形が用いられる。
    p. 11.2 form-function reports checked · anchor 100% ainu ku-
13. The vowel /u/ may be added at the beginning of lines when reciting verse in order to adjust syllable counts.
    音節数を調整するため、朗誦時に行頭に /u/ が付加されることがある。
    p. 11.2 distribution reports checked · anchor 100% ainu u
14. Deliberate, obligatory alliteration and rhyming do not exist as versification techniques in Ainu poetry; observed repetitions of sounds at line edges are accidental or sporadic.
    アイヌ語詩において意図的・義務的な頭韻や脚韻は作歌技法として存在せず、行頭や行末に見られる同一音の反復は偶然的ないし散発的なものである。
    p. 11.2 absence asserts checked · anchor 100% ainu
15. In verse recited by multiple speakers of the Hokkaido Saru dialect, there exists an accent-orientation meter that arranges the placement of accent within a line of verse.
    北海道沙流方言の複数の話者によって朗誦される韻文には、行内のアクセント配置を整える「アクセント志向」の韻律が存在する。
    p. 11.3 existence asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido/southwest/saru
16. In Saru dialect divine epic poetry, the vast majority of four-syllable lines place the accent on the first syllable of the line.
    沙流方言の神謡において、4音節行の大多数は行の第1音節にアクセントが置かれる。
    p. 11.3 distribution asserts anchored · anchor 100% hokkaido/southwest/saru

The Pitch-Accent Placement Rule and the Accented/Accentless Dialect Split 6

1. Certain dialects of Ainu are reported not to have a distinction in accent.
   アイヌ語にはアクセントの区別を持たない方言が存在すると言われている。
   p. 11.5 absence reports checked · anchor 100% ainu
2. Many Hokkaido dialects of Ainu have an accent distinguishing between high and low syllables.
   北海道アイヌ語の多くの方言は、高低の音節を区別するアクセントをもつ。
   p. 11.3 existence asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido
3. As a general rule in Hokkaido dialects of Ainu, if the first syllable is an open syllable, the second syllable is high.
   北海道アイヌ語の一般的な規則として、第1音節が開音節であれば第2音節が高くなる。
   p. 11.3 distribution asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido kamúy
4. As a general rule in Hokkaido dialects of Ainu, if the first syllable is a closed syllable, the first syllable is high.
   北海道アイヌ語の一般的な規則として、第1音節が閉音節であれば第1音節が高くなる。
   p. 11.3 distribution asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido áynu
5. In Hokkaido dialects of Ainu, there are exceptional words in which the first syllable is open but receives high accent.
   北海道アイヌ語には、第1音節が開音節であるにもかかわらず例外的に第1音節が高くなる単語が存在する。
   p. 11.3 existence asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido húci
6. Words with the accent on the first syllable comprise about 20 to 30% of the Ainu vocabulary.
   第1音節にアクセントをもつ単語は、アイヌ語語彙の約20〜30％を占める。
   p. 11.3 frequency asserts checked · anchor 100% ainu

Hokkaido Dialect Classification and Dialectometry 1

1. The Saru and Chitose dialects share non-metrical linguistic characteristics despite being separated geographically.
   沙流方言と千歳方言は地理的に離れているにもかかわらず、韻律以外の特徴において共通点を持つことが知られている。
   p. 11.5 other asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido/southwest/saruhokkaido/chitose

The Consonant Inventory and Its Phonetic Realization 1

1. In Hokkaido Ainu dialects, there are five vowels, twelve consonants (including the glottal stop) that can occur as syllable onsets, and nine consonants that can appear in coda position.
   北海道アイヌ語諸方言において、母音は5個、音節頭子音として生起しうる子音は声門閉鎖音を含めて12個、音節末子音として生起しうる子音は9個である。
   p. 11.2 other asserts checked · anchor 100% hokkaido

Reduplication Phonology and Rule Interaction 1

1. In Ainu word formation, roots may undergo reduplication, and vowel reduplication occurs commonly in derivational morphology.
   アイヌ語の語形成において、語根が重複されることがあり、語派生において母音の重複（反復）が一般的に見られる。
   p. 11.2 existence asserts checked · anchor 100% ainu

The Oral-Literature Genre System and Its Grammatical Signatures 1

1. In Saru dialect oral literature, lyrical poetry disfavors four-syllable lines, whereas four-syllable lines make up 15 to 30% of the total lines in divine epic poetry.
   沙流方言の口承文芸において、抒情詩歌は4音節行を嫌うのに対し、神謡では4音節行が全行数の15〜30％を占める。
   p. 11.3 variation asserts anchored · anchor 100% hokkaido/southwest/saru

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1. The Handbook of the Ainu language , which she edited, assembles specialist treatments of every major domain: phonology , verbal valency , dialectology , oral literature , historical and comparative linguistics , and the revitalization movement . no page The History of Ainu Language Description and Previous Research
2. Kindaichi's yukar grammar established the five-syllable line as the canonical metrical unit , a description subsequently refined by Okuda's two-metre analysis distinguishing syllable-count from accent-oriented verse ; the metrical system is treated in . no page The Oral-Literature Corpus and Spoken-Language Data
3. noted the absence of systematic rhyme; , following Philippi (1979), confirms that repetition in Ainu poetry largely reflects the small vowel inventory and widespread reduplication rather than a prosodic constraint ‹contested›. no page The Oral-Literature Genre System and Its Grammatical Signatures
4. argues that Hokkaido Ainu verse deploys two metrically distinct systems, genre-differentiated. no page The Oral-Literature Genre System and Its Grammatical Signatures
5. Heroic epics (yukar) use both systems depending on the musical rhythm of the performance ‹contested›. no page The Oral-Literature Genre System and Its Grammatical Signatures
6. Techniques for achieving the five-syllable target in syllable-count verse include: the insertion of the light verb between a verb and a following element, uncontracted person prefixes, a prefixed initial u-, and retention of vowels that elide in conversational speech ; . no page The Oral-Literature Genre System and Its Grammatical Signatures
7. The syllable-count description goes back to Kindaichi (1931: 165, via ) and was adopted by Tamura (1973: 56, via ): the basic line unit is five syllables, with four to seven as the attested range. §2.1; §2.1 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
8. The five-syllable target is met through a set of compositional techniques catalogued by Tamura and Satō ; : §2.1 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
9. Okuda's comparative analysis of divine epics and lyric songs identifies a second system that he terms accent-orientation (アクセント指向): the first pitch-accent of the line falls in the first disyllabic foot, regardless of how many syllables the line contains . §3 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
10. In the divine epic Amamecikappo narrated by Hatozawa Wateke (幌別/Monbetsu; text in Tamura 2001, via ), of 90 non-refrain lines, 14 are four-syllable lines; of these 14, twelve carry initial accent on the first syllable, matching the accent-orientation prediction. §3.3 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
11. (After , Hatozawa Wateke, Biratori/Monbetsu; primary text Tamura 2001.) §3.3 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
12. The text Wawo kamuy (Shirasawa Nabe; 226 lines) has 62 four-syllable lines, of which 56 carry initial accent; Apehuci kamuy (same narrator; 220 lines) has 79 four-syllable lines, of which 71 do . §4 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
13. The same reciters' lyric songs (yaysama) are overwhelmingly five-syllable (e.g., 33 of 34 lines in Hatozawa Wateke's lyric sample), confirming that the same performer switches between systems by genre . §3.2 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
14. Okuda maps the two systems onto genres and musical rhythms : §3, §5.1 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
15. Okuda's claim that a single performance tradition deploys two such metrically distinct systems is, on his own account, without parallel in the reported typological literature ‹contested›. §5.1 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
16. A further hypothesis, explicit in Okuda and flagged as conjectural, relates the syllable-count system to Japanese 7-5 mora metre: the contact with Japanese literary tradition could have reinforced or introduced the strict syllable target ‹speculative›. §5.2 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
17. Philippi's influential judgment (1979, via ) was that rhyme in Ainu poetry is 'quite accidental' and alliteration 'sporadic' — not prosodically functional as in Mongolic or Tungusic traditions. §2.2 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
18. Okuda formalizes the reasoning: given five vowels and roughly twelve onset consonants, chance repetition in a corpus of five-syllable lines is high, and a sequence counts as technique only when it demonstrably exceeds chance and is not forced by morphological reduplication, which is pervasive in Ainu . §2.2 The Sakehe Refrain, Verse Meter, and the Structure of Sung Verse
19. The absence of a phonological requirement, confirmed for Hokkaido Ainu by and consistent with the contested evidence on rhyme and alliteration reviewed in , is in itself typologically diagnostic and merits future systematic comparison. §2.2 Parallelism, Couplets, and Word-Pair Doublets
20. The register diagnostic is the substitution of prefix for particle, which simultaneously increases syllabic weight — a functional fit with both the metrical preference for longer units and the 5-syllable line ; . §3 The Elevated/Poetic Register: Archaic Morphology and Formulaic Diction
21. Okuda's analysis of Hokkaido Ainu verse identifies two distinct metrical systems, deployed by genre and musical rhythm : §3 Glossed Verse: A Yukar Heroic Epic and a Kamuy Yukar God-Song
22. The syllable-count metre — with its 5-syllable basic line — was the established description from Kindaichi (1931) and Tamura (1973) onward . §2.1 Glossed Verse: A Yukar Heroic Epic and a Kamuy Yukar God-Song
23. In his scansion of Amamecikappo narrated by Hatozawa Wateke (Monbetsu; Tamura 2001), 14 of 90 non-refrain lines are 4 syllables, and 12 of those 14 carry their first accent on syllable 1 — consistent with accent-orientation rather than syllable-count . §3.3 Glossed Verse: A Yukar Heroic Epic and a Kamuy Yukar God-Song
24. Okuda further reports that the same reciters' lyric poems are overwhelmingly 5-syllable, confirming that the two systems are not speaker-dependent but genre- and rhythm-dependent . §3.2 Glossed Verse: A Yukar Heroic Epic and a Kamuy Yukar God-Song
25. He claims no other language is documented to use two such metre types by one reciter . §5.1 Glossed Verse: A Yukar Heroic Epic and a Kamuy Yukar God-Song
26. A further hypothesis holds that the syllable-count system entered Ainu via contact with the Japanese 7-5 mora metre, with accent-orientation as the native baseline — but Okuda notes there is no direct evidence for this at present ‹speculative›. §5.2 Glossed Verse: A Yukar Heroic Epic and a Kamuy Yukar God-Song
27. On the question of rhyme and alliteration: Philippi (1979, via ) held that rhyme in Ainu verse is 'quite accidental' and alliteration 'sporadic'. §2.2 Glossed Verse: A Yukar Heroic Epic and a Kamuy Yukar God-Song
28. To hit the target syllable count, poets employ a recognized set of techniques: formulaic verse phrases, syllable-appropriate word choice, presence/absence of final particles, insertion of the dummy verb between verb and following element, uncontracted ku- person marker, a line-initial prefixed u, and the suppression of vowel elision that occurs freely in prose speech ; . §2.1 Glossed Verse: A Yukar Heroic Epic and a Kamuy Yukar God-Song
29. Two metres or one? The long-standing syllable-count description (Kindaichi 1931; Tamura 1973, via ) and Okuda's accent-orientation metre are treated as genre- and rhythm-differentiated by Okuda himself, but the relationship between them — whether one is derivative of the other or they are independent — is not settled ‹contested› §2.1 Glossed Verse: A Yukar Heroic Epic and a Kamuy Yukar God-Song