The author conducted the following survey in order to find the etymology of Akita, the name of our home town.1. Linguistically, Akita can be analyzed as Aki+ta.2. Ta can refer to not only a rice paddy but also a wide swamp.3. As for aki, the main theme of this paper, it can be:a) an independent place-nameb) combined with other morphemes to make compounds such as Tai-aki, Aki-yama, Aki-Kawa, Aki-ba, Akiyoshi,Aki-fu, Aki-u, Aki-ru, Aki-ragiIt has been learned from field work and literature surveyed that the name of a place or the component of the name with aki indicates a land slide, land fall in the mountains or an accumulation of humus, and that u27Akiu27, the season of fallen leaves, is associated with this same term aki.
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