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Hokkaidō

厚岸

あっけし Akkeshi

The oyster interpretation is attributed to Batchelor’s 1905 account.

Ainu spellings: Akkesh-i

Analyses

Akkesh-i

proposed

The place of oysters

  • Akkesh oyster (Batchelor)
  • i locative particle (Batchelor)

Proponent: John Batchelor

He connects the name with extensive oyster beds and treats i as a locative particle.

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

The proposed environmental motive is stated, but the entry gives no earlier spellings with which to test akkesh-i.

Attestations

  • Akkeshi dictionary 1905 An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, 2nd edition
    “The place of oysters.”

    The entry gives Batchelor’s analytical spelling and interpretation.

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

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