ハルトロはるとろ Harutoro

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

Ainu spellings: Arutur

The place lies between Moire-yama and the shore road west of it.

Referents

settlement The point on the west side of the foot of Moire-yama. The cape once ran into the sea and was hard to pass; the rock has since been cut away for the road, which is why the place is also called 字切通.

Analyses

ar-utur

アルトゥㇽ ‘the far side’ proposed

ar ‘one of the two sides’
utur ‘the space between’

Proponent: zenibako_trek（小樽銭函地名歴史研究会） (zenibako_trek (Otaru Zenibako Place-Name and History Society))

A name found across Hokkaidō, marking the far side of a cape.

Confidence: low

ar- and utur are both dictionary items, though Tamura's ar- is 'one of a pair' and utur 'the interval', so the gloss 'the far side' is the reading's own. The article gives it in one line and offers the recurrence of the name elsewhere as its support.

zenibako_trek… ハルトロ田村1996 s.v. ar- 一方の; s.v. utur …の間

Sources

zenibako_trek… 田村1996