雷公計島 らいこけとう Raikoke
Northern Kuril Islands
Ainu spellings: Raikoké, Raikóké
Torii's island names come from his Kuril Ainu informants グリゴリ, ゲラシム and アウエリキ (p. 40).
Location
48.2919, 153.2504 · Coordinates: OpenStreetMap Nominatim, 2026-09-11, on 雷公計島. Open in OpenStreetMap
Referents
- island The island north of Matua; Russian Райкоке
Analyses
Raikóké
ライコケ ‘the place where sea otters are’ proposed- raikóké ‘(Torii: 'where sea otters are')’
Proponent: 鳥居龍藏 (Torii Ryūzō)
Torii gives the meaning without a segmentation.
Confidence: low
Torii gives the meaning without a segmentation, and no element of the form is identified here.
鳥居1903 p. 44
Attestations
- Raikoké oral record 1903 鳥居龍藏『千島アイヌ』第二章「千島地名解」
草木無きはだか島にして、土語 Raikóké とはラツコ獸の居る所の義なり
Torii calls it a bare island without trees or grass and glosses the native Raikóké as 'the place where sea otters are'.
鳥居1903 p. 44
Sources
鳥居1903