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あかん Akan

Batchelor’s entry concerns the river; it does not establish that the river was the first feature to bear the name.

Ainu spellings: Akan-pet

Analyses

Akan-pet

proposed

The made river

Proponent: John Batchelor

He reports a story that the river bed formed after a volcanic eruption.

Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 34, s.v. Akan
Analysis details
Confidence: low

The volcanic explanation is reported as hearsay. The entry gives no date or evidence for the proposed formation of the name.

Attestations

  • Akan dictionary 1905 An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, 2nd edition
    “The made river.” The bed of this river is said to have been formed after a volcanic eruption.

    The entry gives Batchelor’s analytical spelling and interpretation.

    Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 34, s.v. Akan

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