Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō
大崎山
イクービ IkubiThe name is one of three Nutchi tributaries in Matsuura's lists, and the local history places it on the mountain.
Ainu spellings: Ikubi
Analyses
e-u-ka-o-pi
エウカオピ
stones laid one on another
- e there
- u each other
- ka on top
- o put, be placed
- pi pebble, stone
Proponent: zenibako_trek(小樽銭函地名歴史研究会) (zenibako_trek (Otaru Zenibako Place-Name and History Society))
The local history of Toyooka-chō reads the name as 'there is a stone there'; the author restates it as stones laid one on another and takes the referent to be the built stone structure on Ōsaki-yama, eleven metres long, reported in 『余市町大崎山遺跡第一調査概要』.
Attestations
- イクービ document Edo period 辰手控・竹四郎廻浦日記(松浦武四郎)
Sources
- 下ヨイチ場所とヌッチ・梅川の由来
zenibako_trek·2024-07-26