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近文

ちかぶみ Chikabumi

Batchelor’s spelling has uni “home”.

Ainu spellings: Chikap-uni

Analyses

Chikap-uni

proposed

The home of the birds

Proponent: John Batchelor

He reports that storks and other large birds formerly bred there in large numbers.

Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 38, s.v. Chikabumi
Analysis details
Confidence: low

The words fit the gloss. The breeding account is introduced as hearsay and is not independently documented in the entry.

Attestations

  • Chikabumi dictionary 1905 An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, 2nd edition
    “The home of the birds.”

    The entry gives Batchelor’s analytical spelling and interpretation.

    Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 38, s.v. Chikabumi

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