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かばと Kabato

Batchelor lists Kabato without locating the village implied by his added kotan.

Ainu spellings: Kapato-kotan

Analyses

Kapato-kotan

proposed

The place of the water lily Nuphar japonicum; mud lake

Proponent: John Batchelor

He gives the plant interpretation and then adds “mud lake”. He supplies no alternative Ainu spelling or part-by-part explanation for the lake gloss.

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

The entry leaves the relationship between its two glosses unexplained and does not identify a particular lake.

Attestations

  • Kabato dictionary 1905 An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, 2nd edition
    “The place of the water lily Nuphar japonicum. Also “mud lake.”

    The entry gives Batchelor’s analytical spelling and interpretation.

    Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 42, s.v. Kabato

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