Place names

Ainu-derived place names with every etymological analysis proposed for them: proponent, segmentation into morphemes, sources, objections, and the database's confidence grade.

109 place names, 247 analyses · 1515 geolocated names

Every geolocated name from the PAX_SAPIENTICA place-name tables (Hokkaidō, Sakhalin, Tōhoku, Kamchatka), with the names that have an etymology record marked in black.

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Coordinates and readings: PAX_SAPIENTICA (AsPJT), Ainu place-name tables (CC0-1.0, snapshot 2026-09-10). Map: OpenFreeMap vector tiles (OpenMapTiles schema), data © OpenStreetMap contributors. https://github.com/AsPJT/PAX_SAPIENTICA

Names with an etymology record

亜別あべつ

Abetsu

Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

a-pet ‘sitting river’
3 analyses
阿頼度島あらいどとう

Alaid

Northern Kuril Islands

Chacha kotan ‘the old island’
- Chacha kotan
- Oyakobakka
2 analyses
アブシタあぶした

Apa-usta

Iwanai and Rankoshi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

apa-usta ‘door’
- apa-usta(received reading)
- apa-us-situ
2 analyses
阿歴内あれきない

Arekinai

Shibecha, Kushiro region, Hokkaidō

arke-nay ‘the river on one side’
- arke-nay
- arki-nay
2 analyses
厚賀あつが

Atsuga

Hidaka town, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

ap-pet ‘winding river’
- ap-pet
- kapar-i
2 analyses
厚苫あつとま

Atsutoma

Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

at-tomari ‘anchorage where the herring run’
- at-tomari(received reading)
- at-oma-i
2 analyses
アヨロあよろ

Ayoro

Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

ay-or-o-kotan ‘village where there are arrows’
- ay-or-o-kotan(received reading)
- ay-or
2 analyses
弁慶べんけい

Benkei

Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

perke-i ‘torn place’
4 analyses
弁慶ナツボべんけいなつぼ

Benkeinatsubo

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

perke-i ‘split place’
- perke-i
1 analysis
別々べつべつ

Betsubetsu

The boundary of Shiraoi and Tomakomai, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

pet-pet ‘river river’
- pet-pet(received reading)
- per-pet
2 analyses
美国びくに

Bikuni

Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

pi-un-i ‘place where there are pebbles’
6 analyses
平取びらとり

Biratori

Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

pira-utur ‘between the cliffs’
- pira-utur(received reading)
- Piratoru kotan
2 analyses
美矢ノ岬びやのみさき

Biyano

Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

pir-ya ‘the whirl shore, or the shore of split rock’
- pir-ya
- pi-ya
2 analyses
風雨別ぶうべつ

Buubetsu

Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

pu-pet ‘river of the storehouse’
- pu-pet(received reading)
1 analysis
チカパネ岬ちかぱねみさき

Chikapane

Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

cikap-un-i ‘place where the birds are’
3 analyses
知林古丹島ちりんこたんとう

Chirinkotan

Northern Kuril Islands
0 analyses
チセセちせせ

Chisese

Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

chis-ya ‘shore of the standing rock’
- chis-ya
- chise-sir
2 analyses
エクシュアントマリえくしゅあんとまり

E-kusi-an-tomari

Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

etu-ko-us-i-an-tomari ‘anchorage at the thing with a nose attached to it’
- etu-ko-us-i-an-tomari
- e-kusi-an-tomari
2 analyses
越渇磨島えかるまとう

Ekarma

Northern Kuril Islands
0 analyses
襟裳えりも

Erimo

Erimo, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

enrum ‘cape’
- enrum(received reading)
- Eremu-not
2 analyses
刀掛岩かたなかけいわ

Etok-us-sirpa

Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

etu-ko-us-sirpa ‘cape with a nose attached to it’
- etu-ko-us-sirpa
- etok-us-sirpa
2 analyses
濃昼ごきびる

Gokibiru

Hamamasu-ku, Ishikari, Ishikari region, Hokkaidō

pokin-pir ‘the whirl below; the shade below’
4 analyses
波恵はえ

Hae

Monbetsu, Hidaka town, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

hay-o-pet ‘nettle river’
- hay-o-pet
1 analysis
浜中はまなか

Hamanaka

Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

ota-noske ‘the middle of the beach’
- ota-noske(received reading)
1 analysis
ハルトロはるとろ

Harutoro

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

ar-utur ‘the far side’
- ar-utur
1 analysis
日高ひだか

Hidaka

Hidaka region, Hokkaidō
0 analyses
堀株ほりかっぷ

Horikappu

Kyōwa and Tomari, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

horka-p ‘the place that doubles back’
- horka-p(received reading)
1 analysis
幌泉ほろいずみ

Horoizumi

Erimo, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

poro-enrum ‘big cape’
- poro-enrum(received reading)
- poro-entum
2 analyses
母衣月ほろつき

Horotsuki

Suttsu and Shimamaki, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

poro-tuki ‘big cup’
- poro-tuki(received reading)
- poro-tuk-i
2 analyses
星置ほしおき

Hoshioki

Teine-ku, Sapporo, and Hoshino, Otaru, Ishikari and Shiribeshi regions, Hokkaidō

so-pok ‘below the waterfall’
6 analyses
イクシユンケイワヲヘツいくしゆんけいわをへつ

I-kosunke-iwaw-nay

Kyōwa, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

i-kosunke-iwaw-nay ‘the Iwanai River that lies to me’
- i-kosunke-iwaw-nay
1 analysis
大崎山イクービ

Ikubi

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

e-u-ka-o-pi ‘stones laid one on another’
- e-u-ka-o-pi
1 analysis
イセバチいせばち

Isebachi

Iwanai and Rankoshi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

iso-pake ‘head of the rocky shore’
- iso-pake
1 analysis
岩知志いわちし

Iwachishi

Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

iwa-cis ‘hollow of the rocky mountain’
- iwa-cis
- iwan-cis
2 analyses
岩内いわない

Iwanai

Iwanai and Kyōwa, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

iwaw-nay ‘sulphur stream’
5 analyses
イワオヌプリいわおぬぷり

Iwaonupuri

Kutchan and Rankoshi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

iwaw-nupuri ‘sulphur mountain’
- iwaw-nupuri(received reading)
1 analysis
樺杣内かばそまない

Kabasomanai

Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

kapar-so-oma-nay ‘stream with a flat waterfall in it’
- kapar-so-oma-nay
1 analysis
カムイルオマかむいるおま

Kamuy-ru-oma-i

Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

kamuy-ru-oma-i ‘place where the god's road is’
- kamuy-ru-oma-i
- kamuy-ru-oma-i
2 analyses
勝納かつない

Katsunai

Katsunai, Otaru, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

katchi-un-nay ‘stream where the rock tower is’
- katchi-un-nay
1 analysis
計吐夷島けといとう

Ketoy

Northern Kuril Islands
0 analyses
春牟古丹島はるむこたんとう

Kharimkotan

Northern Kuril Islands

Harum' kotan ‘the place with many lilies’
- Harum' kotan
1 analysis
小平こびら

Kobira

Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

ku-o-pira ‘cliff where set bows are’
- ku-o-pira
1 analysis
穴澗あなま

Kusna-puy

Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

kusna-puy-oma-i ‘place with a hole one passes through’
- kusna-puy-oma-i
1 analysis
クツカルシナイクッカルシナイ

Kutkarusinay

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

ku-kar-us-nay ‘stream where bows are made’
- ku-kar-us-nay
1 analysis
牢知島ろうちとう

Lovushki

Northern Kuril Islands
0 analyses
磨勘留島まかんるしとう

Makanrushi

Northern Kuril Islands
0 analyses
マッカ岬まっかみさき

Makka

Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

maka ‘fork’
- maka
- mak-ka
2 analyses
政泊まさどまり

Masadomari

Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

mata-tomari ‘winter anchorage’
- mata-tomari(received reading)
- matnaw-tomari
2 analyses
松輪島まつわとう

Matua

Northern Kuril Islands
0 analyses
三石みついし

Mitsuishi

Shin-Hidaka, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

nit-us-i ‘place where the skewer rock is’
- nit-us-i
- Pit-ushi
2 analyses
門別もんべつ

Monbetsu

Monbetsu, Hidaka town, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

mo-pet ‘quiet river’
- mo-pet(received reading)
- Mo-pet
2 analyses
室蘭むろらん

Muroran

Muroran, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

mo-ru-e-ran-i ‘place where a small road goes down’
7 analyses
二風谷にぶたに

Nibutani

Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

ni-tay ‘wood of trees’
- ni-tay(received reading)
- nipu-ta-an-i
2 analyses
新冠にいかっぷ

Niikappu

Niikappu, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

ni-kap ‘tree bark’
3 analyses
荷菜にな

Nina

Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

ninar ‘terrace’
- ninar
- Nina-kotan
2 analyses
糠平ぬかびら

Nukabira

Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

noka-pira ‘cliff where the figure is’
- noka-pira
1 analysis
奴津知ヌッチ

Nutti

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

nu-us-i ‘place of the abundant catch’
3 analyses
雄冬おふゆ

Ofuyu

Ofuyu, Hamamasu, Ishikari, and the boundary with Mashike, Rumoi region, Hokkaidō

uhuy ‘it burns’
4 analyses
オヒチャクナイおひちゃくない

Ohichakunay

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

o-put-sak-nay ‘stream whose mouth dries up’
- o-put-sak-nay
1 analysis
御鉾内おむない

Omunai

Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

om-nay ‘muddy stream’
- om-nay(received reading)
- o-mu-nay
2 analyses
温禰古丹島おんねこたんとう

Onekotan

Northern Kuril Islands

Onne kotan ‘the island grown old’
- Onne kotan(received reading)
- Nusa moshiri
2 analyses
小樽内オタルナイ

Otarunai

Otaru, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō; the older referent lies at Zenibako 4-chōme on the Otaru–Sapporo boundary

ota-or-nay ‘stream in the sand beach’
7 analyses
親子別おやこべつ

Oyakobetsu

Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

o-ya-kor-pet ‘river that has a shore at its mouth’
- o-ya-kor-pet
1 analysis
幌筵島ぱらむしるとう

Paramushir

Northern Kuril Islands

Poro-moshiri ‘big island’
- Poro-moshiri(received reading)
- Uréshi
2 analyses
車滝くるまだき

Pes-o-so

Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

pes-o-so ‘waterfall on the cliff’
- pes-o-so
- pes-noski-oma-nay
2 analyses
フヱヲマイふえおまい

Puy-oma-i

Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

puy-oma-i ‘place with a hole in it’
- puy-oma-i
1 analysis
雷電らいでん

Raiden

Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

ray-ni ‘dead tree’
6 analyses
雷公計島らいこけとう

Raikoke

Northern Kuril Islands

Raikóké ‘the place where sea otters are’
- Raikóké
1 analysis
蘭島らんしま

Ranshima

Ranshima, Otaru, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

ran-osma-nay ‘place where they came down and entered’
7 analyses
羅処和島らしょわとう

Rasshua

Northern Kuril Islands
0 analyses
ラヲベ岬らをべみさき

Rawobe

Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

rawot-pe ‘the one that clings to the low part’
- rawot-pe
- ra-o-pe
2 analyses
六条澗ろくじょうま

Rokujōma

Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

rokuntew ‘passenger ship’
- rokuntew
1 analysis
留萌るもい

Rumoi

Rumoi, Rumoi region, northern Hokkaidō

rur-mo-ot-pe ‘place where the tide comes in quietly’
5 analyses
様似さまに

Samani

Samani, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

sama-an-i ‘the thing that lies there’
- sama-an-i
1 analysis
三樽別さんたるべつ

Santarubetsu

Tomioka, Teine-ku, Sapporo, Ishikari region, Hokkaidō

sandarotkihi ‘the place where deer are brought down’
5 analyses
札幌さっぽろ

Sapporo

Sapporo, Ishikari region, Hokkaidō

sat-poro ‘dry and vast’
8 analyses
沙流さる

Saru

Hidaka town and Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

sar ‘reed plain’
3 analyses
節婦せっぷ

Seppu

Niikappu, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

poro-sep-pet ‘the parent wide river’
- poro-sep-pet(received reading)
- sep
2 analyses
社台しゃだい

Shadai

Shadai, Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

sa-tay-pet ‘river of the wood in front’
- sa-tay-pet(received reading)
- sat-tay
2 analyses
捨子古丹島しゃすこたんとう

Shiashkotan

Northern Kuril Islands

Tūki-moshiri ‘cup island’
- Tūki-moshiri
1 analysis
鹿部しかべ

Shikabe

Shikabe, Oshima region, Hokkaidō

sikerpe ‘place where Amur cork trees are’
5 analyses
敷生しきう

Shikiu

Shikiu, Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

siki-o-i ‘place where the reed grows’
3 analyses
支笏しこつ

Shikotsu

Lake Shikotsu and Chitose, Ishikari region, Hokkaidō

si-kot ‘big hollow’
3 analyses
白老しらおい

Shiraoi

Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

siraw-o-i ‘place where there are horseflies’
3 analyses
白鵜しらう

Shirau

Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

siraw ‘horsefly’
- siraw(received reading)
- sir-aw
2 analyses
尻深しりぶか

Shiribuka

Kyōwa and Tomari, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

sir-pukka ‘the hill swells up’
- sir-pukka
- sir-un-ka
2 analyses
紫雲古津しうんこつ

Shiunkotsu

Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

sum-un-kot ‘the valley to the west’
3 analyses
静内しずない

Shizunai

Shin-Hidaka, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

situ-un-nay ‘stream on the ridge’
- situ-un-nay
- Shut-nai
2 analyses
朱太しゅぶと

Shubuto

Suttsu and Kuromatsunai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

supki-pet-putu ‘mouth of the reed river’
- supki-pet-putu(received reading)
- sut-putu
2 analyses
祝津しゅくつ

Shukutsu

Shukutsu, Otaru, Shiribeshi region, and Shukutsu, Muroran, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

sikutut-us-i ‘place where Ezo chives grow’
3 analyses
占守島しゅむしゅとう

Shumshu

Northern Kuril Islands

Kushan kotan ‘the place where people first came out’
- Kushan kotan
- Shi-moshiri
2 analyses
尻場しりぱ

Siripa

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

sir-pa ‘head of the land’
- sir-pa
1 analysis
寿都すっつ

Suttsu

Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

supki-pet ‘river with the reeds used for arrow shafts’
4 analyses
樽岸たるぎし

Tarugishi

Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

taor-kes ‘the end of the high river bank’
3 analyses
飛生とびう

Tobiu

Tobiu, Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

topi-o-i ‘place where bamboo grows’
- topi-o-i(received reading)
1 analysis
十勝とかち

Tokachi

Tokachi region, Hokkaidō

tokap-ci ‘the breast dries up’
3 analyses
月寒つきさむ

Tsukisamu

Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Ishikari region, Hokkaidō

chi-kisa-p ‘the place where fire is drilled’
6 analyses
梅川うめかわ

Umekawa

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

mem-nay ‘stream of the spring’
3 analyses
ウポポイうぽぽい

Upopoi

Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

upopo-o-i ‘place where there are songs’
- upopo-o-i
1 analysis
浦河うらかわ

Urakawa

Urakawa, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

urar-pet ‘river of mist’
3 analyses
百姓沢ウーセ

Use

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

use ‘commoner’
- use
- ousi
2 analyses
宇志知島うししるとう

Ushishir

Northern Kuril Islands

Kamui karu moshiri ‘the island the god made’
- Kamui karu moshiri
1 analysis
ウトカンベツうとかんべつ

Utokanbetsu

Jinya-chō, Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

u-tukan-pet ‘river where they shot at each other’
- u-tukan-pet(received reading)
- utka-un-pet
2 analyses
ウヨロうよろ

Uyoro

Ishiyama, Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

iwor-uturo-ci-kus-nay ‘stream passing between the inner mountains’
- iwor-uturo-ci-kus-nay
1 analysis
山碓やまうす

Yamausu

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

yam-us-i ‘place where chestnuts grow thick’
- yam-us-i
1 analysis
矢追やおい

Yaoi

Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

ya-o-i ‘the thing that is widely attached to the shore’
- ya-o-i
- ya-o-i
2 analyses
ヤリキレナイ川やりきれないがわ

Yarikirenai

Yuni, Sorachi region, Hokkaidō

yanke-nay ‘the river where no fish live’
3 analyses
湯別ゆべつ

Yubetsu

Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

yu-pet ‘hot-spring river’
- yu-pet(received reading)
- yu-o-pet
2 analyses
銭函ぜにばこ

Zenibako

Zenibako, Otaru, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

銭箱 ‘the box for the money made from the herring catch’
5 analyses

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