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Hokkaidō

石狩

いしかり Ishikari

The name is printed Ishkari-pet in Batchelor’s Ainu-form column.

Ainu spellings: Ishkari-pet

Analyses

Ishkari-pet

proposed

The winding river; the blocked up river

  • Ishkari winding; blocked up (alternative)
  • pet river

Proponent: John Batchelor

For the winding reading, he proposes an intensifying i and shikari “go round”. He adds “the blocked up river” without a separate segmentation.

Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 42, s.v. Ishikari-gawa
Analysis details
Confidence: low

Two meanings are given, but the entry does not explain how the blocked reading follows from the stated components or select between them.

Attestations

  • Ishikari-gawa dictionary 1905 An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, 2nd edition
    “The winding river.” … Or, “the blocked up river.”

    The entry gives Batchelor’s analytical spelling and interpretation.

    Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 42, s.v. Ishikari-gawa

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