Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō
樺杣内
かばそまない KabasomanaiThe name survives in the tunnel that used to carry the road past the waterfall.
Ainu spellings: Kapar-so-oma-nay
Analyses
kapar-so-oma-nay
カパソマナイ
stream with a flat waterfall in it
- kapar be thin, be flat
- so waterfall
- oma be at, be in
- nay stream
Proponent: zenibako_trek(小樽銭函地名歴史研究会) (zenibako_trek (Otaru Zenibako Place-Name and History Society))
The reading describes the Hashigo-daki itself.
Sources
- 雷電海岸の地名と由来 ~ライデン地名考~
zenibako_trek·2023-10-13
- アイヌ語沙流方言辞典
田村, すず子·1996