PLACE-NAMES.
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Jap’se Pronunciation. | Ainu Form. | Derivation and Meaning. | |
Chirotto | Chirot-to | "The lake containing birds." Chiri, "birds"; ot, "containing (plural);" and to, "lake." | |
Chitose | Shikot-to | "Rushes lake." Ot determines the shik "a rush" to be of the plural number. | |
Chiubetsu | Chiu-pet | "Current river." Chiu is the same as Chiuve, "a current." | |
Chiuruibetsu | Chiu-rui-pet | "Strong current river." | |
Ebetsu | E-pet | "Humour river." So called because of the dirty colour of the water. | |
Ekikomanai | U-kik-oma-nai | "Battle valley." Ukik means "to fight one another." | |
Ekiminenai | Ekimne-nai | "The mountain stream." | |
Eramachi | Erem-at-chi-kotan | "The village of rats." The Chi in this name is a simple duplication of the t in at—the plural number. | |
Erimozaki | Eremu-not | "Rat cape." | |
Esan | E-san-not | "The projecting cape." | |
Esashi | Esash kotan | "The place of surf" or "the place of surf rumbling." | |
Etuchikerepu | Etu-chikere-ushi | "The cape with the land torn off." | |
Ezo | Isho-moshiri | "The land where there is abundance of game." | |
Fuji no yama | Hunchi or Unchi nupuri | "Mount of fire"; or "mountain, the goddess of fire." Unchi or unji |