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Hokkaidō

富良野

ふらの Furano

Batchelor prints two forms together under Furano.

Ainu spellings: Huru-an-nu-kotan, Hura-nu-kotan

Analyses

Huru-an-nu-kotan

proposed

The very hilly place

Proponent: John Batchelor

The two printed forms are Huru-an-nu-kotan and Hura-nu-kotan. He explains nu as marking the noun as plural.

Variants

  • Hura-nu-kotan ‘The hilly place’ — The shorter form in the same printed entry.
Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 40, s.v. Furano
Analysis details
Confidence: low

The analysis depends on his plural interpretation of nu. The entry does not document that interpretation through examples outside the place name.

Attestations

  • Furano dictionary 1905 An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, 2nd edition
    “The very hilly place.” … “The hilly place.” The nu defines the noun as plural.

    The entry gives Batchelor’s analytical spelling and interpretation.

    Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 40, s.v. Furano

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