オヒチャクナイおひちゃくない Ohichakunay

Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

Ainu spellings: Oputsaknay

The valley carries the Fukuhara fishery, one of the preserved Yoichi fishing stations.

Referents

river A small valley at the Fukuhara fishery in Yoichi.

Analyses

o-put-sak-nay

オプチャクナイ ‘stream whose mouth dries up’ proposed

o ‘at its lower end’
put ‘river mouth’
sak ‘lack’
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))

Confidence: medium

put, sak and nay are dictionary words in the senses used, the shape follows the common o-…-nay pattern of stream names, and no source in the article contests it.

zenibako_trek… オヒチャクナイ

Attestations

オヒチャクナイ document Edo period 蝦夷全図・林家文書

The name appears repeatedly in these sources.

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Sources

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