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Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

樺杣内

かばそまない Kabasomanai

The 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

proposed

stream with a flat waterfall in it

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.

zenibako_trek2023 「梯子滝/カバソマナイ」田村1996 so ソ【名】滝/kapar カパㇻ【自動】薄い
Analysis details
Confidence: medium

kapar, so, oma and nay are dictionary words in the proposed senses, the compound is ordinary, and no source contests it.

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