Aynuitak Huskokampi Aomarepu アイヌ語古記録データベース Early Records Database of the Ainu Language

Place names

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76 identified places · 51 mapped · 746 of 2152 indexed occurrences linked to places

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724 records · 2152 occurrences

  • メナシ1

    メナシ

    Identification pending · No place candidate · Ainu

  • シヤリ1

    シヤリ

    Identification pending · No place candidate · Ainu

  • 日本1

    日本

    Identification pending · No place candidate · Japanese

  • 山越郡1

    山越郡

    Supported identification · Geometry pending · Ainu

大間

Identification pending · 0 supported · 0 tentative · 1 unresolved occurrences

The passage and name interpretation are recorded here. A place identification has not yet been established.

Recorded names

大間 蝦夷草紙 · National Institute of Japanese Literature

大間(おおま)。青森県下北半島北端の港町で、津軽海峡を挟み北海道に向き合う。『蝦夷草紙』では日本側の船や人々の所在地として記される。

Undetermined

名称の言語的由来は未確認。

Attestations (1)

  1. 蝦夷草紙 · National Institute of Japanese Literature · 76:20

    度ニテ開国ヲナスノ大計策ナルヘキカ扨船頭徳兵衛カ親類ニテ利八同所大間村ノ者ニテ長松同所宮古村ノ者ニテ伊兵衛内估同村ノ者ニテ長助等五人存生ノ者アリテ赤人ノ土人トナリタ

    「大間」