Ainu-derived place names with every etymological analysis proposed for them: proponent, segmentation into morphemes, sources, objections, and the database's confidence grade.
116 place names, 267 analyses · 1515 geolocated names· 0 names
Every geolocated name from the PAX_SAPIENTICA place-name tables, across Hokkaidō, Sakhalin, Tōhoku, the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka, with the names that have an etymology record marked in black.
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| Name | Reading | Region | Analyses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 亜別 あべつ a-pet ‘sitting river’ | Abetsu | Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 阿頼度島 あらいどとう Chacha kotan ‘the old island’ | Alaid | Northern Kuril Islands | 4 analyses |
| アブシタ あぶした apa-usta ‘door’ | Apa-usta | Iwanai and Rankoshi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 阿歴内 あれきない arke-nay ‘the river on one side’ | Arekinai | Shibecha, Kushiro region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 厚賀 あつが ap-pet ‘winding river’ | Atsuga | Hidaka town, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 厚苫 あつとま at-tomari ‘anchorage where the herring run’ | Atsutoma | Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| アヨロ あよろ ay-or-o-kotan ‘village where there are arrows’ | Ayoro | Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 弁慶 べんけい perke-i ‘torn place’ | Benkei | Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 4 analyses |
| 弁慶ナツボ べんけいなつぼ perke-i ‘split place’ | Benkeinatsubo | Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 別々 べつべつ pet-pet ‘river river’ | Betsubetsu | The boundary of Shiraoi and Tomakomai, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 美国 びくに pi-un-i ‘place where there are pebbles’ | Bikuni | Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 6 analyses |
| 平取 びらとり pira-utur ‘between the cliffs’ | Biratori | Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 美矢ノ岬 びやのみさき pir-ya ‘the whirl shore, or the shore of split rock’ | Biyano | Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 風雨別 ぶうべつ pu-pet ‘river of the storehouse’ | Buubetsu | Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| チカパネ岬 ちかぱねみさき cikap-un-i ‘place where the birds are’ | Chikapane | Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 知林古丹島 ちりんこたんとう чириннай + котан ‘the place of weak current’ | Chirinkotan | Northern Kuril Islands | 1 analysis |
| 知理保以島 ちりほいとう | Chirpoy | Central Kuril Islands | 0 analyses |
| チセセ ちせせ chis-ya ‘shore of the standing rock’ | Chisese | Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| エクシュアントマリ えくしゅあんとまり etu-ko-us-i-an-tomari ‘anchorage at the thing with a nose attached to it’ | E-kusi-an-tomari | Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 越渇磨島 えかるまとう Ekar-ma ‘the small island nearby’ | Ekarma | Northern Kuril Islands | 1 analysis |
| 襟裳 えりも enrum ‘cape’ | Erimo | Erimo, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 刀掛岩 かたなかけいわ etu-ko-us-sirpa ‘cape with a nose attached to it’ | Etok-us-sirpa | Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 濃昼 ごきびる pokin-pir ‘the whirl below; the shade below’ | Gokibiru | Hamamasu-ku, Ishikari, Ishikari region, Hokkaidō | 4 analyses |
| 波恵 はえ hay-o-pet ‘nettle river’ | Hae | Monbetsu, Hidaka town, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 浜中 はまなか ota-noske ‘the middle of the beach’ | Hamanaka | Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| ハルトロ はるとろ ar-utur ‘the far side’ | Harutoro | Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 日高 ひだか | Hidaka | Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 0 analyses |
| 堀株 ほりかっぷ horka-p ‘the place that doubles back’ | Horikappu | Kyōwa and Tomari, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 幌泉 ほろいずみ poro-enrum ‘big cape’ | Horoizumi | Erimo, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 母衣月 ほろつき poro-tuki ‘big cup’ | Horotsuki | Suttsu and Shimamaki, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 星置 ほしおき so-pok ‘below the waterfall’ | Hoshioki | Teine-ku, Sapporo, and Hoshino, Otaru, Ishikari and Shiribeshi regions, Hokkaidō | 6 analyses |
| イクシユンケイワヲヘツ いくしゆんけいわをへつ i-kosunke-iwaw-nay ‘the Iwanai River that lies to me’ | I-kosunke-iwaw-nay | Kyōwa, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 大崎山 イクービ e-u-ka-o-pi ‘stones laid one on another’ | Ikubi | Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| イセバチ いせばち iso-pake ‘head of the rocky shore’ | Isebachi | Iwanai and Rankoshi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 択捉島 えとろふとう Эторопо ‘jellyfish’ | Iturup | Southern Kuril Islands | 1 analysis |
| 岩知志 いわちし iwa-cis ‘hollow of the rocky mountain’ | Iwachishi | Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 岩内 いわない iwaw-nay ‘sulphur stream’ | Iwanai | Iwanai and Kyōwa, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 5 analyses |
| イワオヌプリ いわおぬぷり iwaw-nupuri ‘sulphur mountain’ | Iwaonupuri | Kutchan and Rankoshi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 樺杣内 かばそまない kapar-so-oma-nay ‘stream with a flat waterfall in it’ | Kabasomanai | Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| カムイルオマ かむいるおま kamuy-ru-oma-i ‘place where the god's road is’ | Kamuy-ru-oma-i | Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 勝納 かつない katchi-un-nay ‘stream where the rock tower is’ | Katsunai | Katsunai, Otaru, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 計吐夷島 けといとう Ки той ‘grassy’ | Ketoy | Northern Kuril Islands | 1 analysis |
| 春牟古丹島 はるむこたんとう Harum' kotan ‘the place with many lilies’ | Kharimkotan | Northern Kuril Islands | 2 analyses |
| 小平 こびら ku-o-pira ‘cliff where set bows are’ | Kobira | Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 国後島 くなしりとう Kunna-shiri ‘black land’ | Kunashir | Southern Kuril Islands | 2 analyses |
| 千島列島 ちしまれっとう Курить ‘the smoking islands’ | Kuril Islands | Kuril Islands | 2 analyses |
| 穴澗 あなま kusna-puy-oma-i ‘place with a hole one passes through’ | Kusna-puy | Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| クツカルシナイ クッカルシナイ ku-kar-us-nay ‘stream where bows are made’ | Kutkarusinay | Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 牢知島 ろうちとう | Lovushki | Northern Kuril Islands | 0 analyses |
| 磨勘留島 まかんるしとう Mak-an-ru-usi ‘the place on the way behind’ | Makanrushi | Northern Kuril Islands | 1 analysis |
| マッカ岬 まっかみさき maka ‘fork’ | Makka | Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 政泊 まさどまり mata-tomari ‘winter anchorage’ | Masadomari | Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 松輪島 まつわとう | Matua | Northern Kuril Islands | 0 analyses |
| 三石 みついし nit-us-i ‘place where the skewer rock is’ | Mitsuishi | Shin-Hidaka, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 門別 もんべつ mo-pet ‘quiet river’ | Monbetsu | Monbetsu, Hidaka town, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 室蘭 むろらん mo-ru-e-ran-i ‘place where a small road goes down’ | Muroran | Muroran, Iburi region, Hokkaidō |
7 analyses |
| 二風谷 にぶたに ni-tay ‘wood of trees’ | Nibutani | Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 新冠 にいかっぷ ni-kap ‘tree bark’ | Niikappu | Niikappu, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 荷菜 にな ninar ‘terrace’ | Nina | Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 糠平 ぬかびら noka-pira ‘cliff where the figure is’ | Nukabira | Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 奴津知 ヌッチ nu-us-i ‘place of the abundant catch’ | Nutti | Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 雄冬 おふゆ uhuy ‘it burns’ | Ofuyu | Ofuyu, Hamamasu, Ishikari, and the boundary with Mashike, Rumoi region, Hokkaidō | 4 analyses |
| オヒチャクナイ おひちゃくない o-put-sak-nay ‘stream whose mouth dries up’ | Ohichakunay | Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 御鉾内 おむない om-nay ‘muddy stream’ | Omunai | Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 温禰古丹島 おんねこたんとう Onne kotan ‘the island grown old’ | Onekotan | Northern Kuril Islands | 2 analyses |
| 小樽内 オタルナイ ota-or-nay ‘stream in the sand beach’ | Otarunai | Otaru, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō; the older referent lies at Zenibako 4-chōme on the Otaru–Sapporo boundary | 7 analyses |
| 親子別 おやこべつ o-ya-kor-pet ‘river that has a shore at its mouth’ | Oyakobetsu | Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 幌筵島 ぱらむしるとう Poro-moshiri ‘big island’ | Paramushir | Northern Kuril Islands | 3 analyses |
| 車滝 くるまだき pes-o-so ‘waterfall on the cliff’ | Pes-o-so | Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| フヱヲマイ ふえおまい puy-oma-i ‘place with a hole in it’ | Puy-oma-i | Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 雷電 らいでん ray-ni ‘dead tree’ | Raiden | Iwanai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 6 analyses |
| 雷公計島 らいこけとう Raikóké ‘the place where sea otters are’ | Raikoke | Northern Kuril Islands | 1 analysis |
| 蘭島 らんしま ran-osma-nay ‘place where they came down and entered’ | Ranshima | Ranshima, Otaru, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō |
7 analyses |
| 羅処和島 らしょわとう | Rasshua | Northern Kuril Islands | 0 analyses |
| ラヲベ岬 らをべみさき rawot-pe ‘the one that clings to the low part’ | Rawobe | Bikuni, Shakotan, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 六条澗 ろくじょうま rokuntew ‘passenger ship’ | Rokujōma | Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 留萌 るもい rur-mo-ot-pe ‘place where the tide comes in quietly’ | Rumoi | Rumoi, Rumoi region, northern Hokkaidō | 5 analyses |
| 様似 さまに sama-an-i ‘the thing that lies there’ | Samani | Samani, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 三樽別 さんたるべつ sandarotkihi ‘the place where deer are brought down’ | Santarubetsu | Tomioka, Teine-ku, Sapporo, Ishikari region, Hokkaidō | 5 analyses |
| 札幌 さっぽろ sat-poro ‘dry and vast’ | Sapporo | Sapporo, Ishikari region, Hokkaidō |
8 analyses |
| 沙流 さる sar ‘reed plain’ | Saru | Hidaka town and Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 節婦 せっぷ poro-sep-pet ‘the parent wide river’ | Seppu | Niikappu, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 社台 しゃだい sa-tay-pet ‘river of the wood in front’ | Shadai | Shadai, Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 捨子古丹島 しゃすこたんとう Tūki-moshiri ‘cup island’ | Shiashkotan | Northern Kuril Islands | 2 analyses |
| 鹿部 しかべ sikerpe ‘place where Amur cork trees are’ | Shikabe | Shikabe, Oshima region, Hokkaidō | 5 analyses |
| 敷生 しきう siki-o-i ‘place where the reed grows’ | Shikiu | Shikiu, Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 色丹島 しこたんとう Shi-kotan ‘the great village’ | Shikotan | Southern Kuril Islands | 1 analysis |
| 支笏 しこつ si-kot ‘big hollow’ | Shikotsu | Lake Shikotsu and Chitose, Ishikari region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 白老 しらおい siraw-o-i ‘place where there are horseflies’ | Shiraoi | Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 白鵜 しらう siraw ‘horsefly’ | Shirau | Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 尻深 しりぶか sir-pukka ‘the hill swells up’ | Shiribuka | Kyōwa and Tomari, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 紫雲古津 しうんこつ sum-un-kot ‘the valley to the west’ | Shiunkotsu | Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 静内 しずない situ-un-nay ‘stream on the ridge’ | Shizunai | Shin-Hidaka, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 朱太 しゅぶと supki-pet-putu ‘mouth of the reed river’ | Shubuto | Suttsu and Kuromatsunai, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 祝津 しゅくつ sikutut-us-i ‘place where Ezo chives grow’ | Shukutsu | Shukutsu, Otaru, Shiribeshi region, and Shukutsu, Muroran, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 占守島 しゅむしゅとう Kushan kotan ‘the place where people first came out’ | Shumshu | Northern Kuril Islands | 3 analyses |
| 新知島 しむしるとう Shi-moshiri ‘the great country’ | Simushir | Central Kuril Islands | 1 analysis |
| 尻場 しりぱ sir-pa ‘head of the land’ | Siripa | Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 寿都 すっつ supki-pet ‘river with the reeds used for arrow shafts’ | Suttsu | Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 4 analyses |
| 樽岸 たるぎし taor-kes ‘the end of the high river bank’ | Tarugishi | Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 飛生 とびう topi-o-i ‘place where bamboo grows’ | Tobiu | Tobiu, Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 十勝 とかち tokap-ci ‘the breast dries up’ | Tokachi | Tokachi region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 月寒 つきさむ chi-kisa-p ‘the place where fire is drilled’ | Tsukisamu | Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Ishikari region, Hokkaidō | 6 analyses |
| 梅川 うめかわ mem-nay ‘stream of the spring’ | Umekawa | Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| ウポポイ うぽぽい upopo-o-i ‘place where there are songs’ | Upopoi | Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 浦河 うらかわ urar-pet ‘river of mist’ | Urakawa | Urakawa, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 得撫島 うるっぷとう Urup-pet ‘red salmon river’ | Urup | Central Kuril Islands | 2 analyses |
| 百姓沢 ウーセ use ‘commoner’ | Use | Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 宇志知島 うししるとう Kamui karu moshiri ‘the island the god made’ | Ushishir | Northern Kuril Islands | 2 analyses |
| ウトカンベツ うとかんべつ u-tukan-pet ‘river where they shot at each other’ | Utokanbetsu | Jinya-chō, Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| ウヨロ うよろ iwor-uturo-ci-kus-nay ‘stream passing between the inner mountains’ | Uyoro | Ishiyama, Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 山碓 やまうす yam-us-i ‘place where chestnuts grow thick’ | Yamausu | Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 1 analysis |
| 矢追 やおい ya-o-i ‘the thing that is widely attached to the shore’ | Yaoi | Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| ヤリキレナイ川 やりきれないがわ yanke-nay ‘the river where no fish live’ | Yarikirenai | Yuni, Sorachi region, Hokkaidō | 3 analyses |
| 湯別 ゆべつ yu-pet ‘hot-spring river’ | Yubetsu | Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 2 analyses |
| 銭函 ぜにばこ 銭箱 ‘the box for the money made from the herring catch’ | Zenibako | Zenibako, Otaru, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō | 5 analyses |
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