Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō
チカパネ岬
ちかぱねみさき ChikapaneThe most striking of the seven capes at Itagiriishi, where a white ash slope clings to the middle of a large landslip.
Ainu spellings: Cikapuni, Cikapanei
Analyses
cikap-un-i
チカプニ
place where the birds are
- cikap bird
- un there is
- i place
Proponent: zenibako_trek（小樽銭函地名歴史研究会） (zenibako_trek (Otaru Zenibako Place-Name and History Society))
The article gives this as the plain reading of the name. Kites were circling the cape when the author was there.
Evidence
- parallel place names
Chikabumi near Asahikawa, a well-known kotan, is the same Chikapuni and goes back to a rock where birds perch.
cikap-pa-ne-i
チカパネイ
place like a bird's head
- cikap bird
- pa head
- ne be like
- i place
Proponent: zenibako_trek（小樽銭函地名歴史研究会） (zenibako_trek (Otaru Zenibako Place-Name and History Society))
Takes the point of the cape for a bird's head. The article gives cikap-pa-an 'there is a bird's head' as the same idea in another shape, and keeps both as a diversion.
teske-pa-un-i
テㇱケパウニ
place that has a cape bent back
- teske bend back, spring back
- pa cape
- un there is
- i place
Proponent: 諸説
Reported by the article without a named proponent.
Attestations
- テカハアニ／ツカハネ／チカハウニ／チカホニ／チカハネ document Edo period 旧記類
The spellings are unstable.
Sources
- 積丹町美国海岸の地名と景勝
zenibako_trek·2024-04-10