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Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

ハルトロ

はるとろ Harutoro

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

Ainu spellings: Arutur

Analyses

ar-utur

アルトゥㇽ

proposed

the far side

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.

zenibako_trek2024 ハルトロ田村1996 s.v. ar- 一方の; s.v. utur …の間
Analysis details
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.

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