Ayeri Place Name Elements

Names of villages, towns and cities in Ayeri-speaking areas typically contain these elements:

Ayeri English Example
aren(g) ayron castle, town Petakreng Milton
ayron … ayron castle, town Ayron Avirang Goldcastle
banta banta river mouth Pekambanta ‘Pekammouth’
bay(o) bayo spring Rengbay Rengspring’
butān butān feud, fief Rayembutān Upperfeud
dang tadang island Danodang Green Island
gan(g) karon sea, ocean Basagang ‘Basasea’
gron karon sea, ocean Makagron Whitesea
(hi)nyan hinyan corner Viniminyan Forest Corner
(i)bang ibang field Yelambang Stonefield
(lu)kay lukay ford Hirapankay New Broadford
k(od)an kodan lake Tasankan Deeplake
kametan kametida- confluence Tapukametan
m(i/ay)kon(g) maykong harbor Beramikong ‘Beram’s Harbor’
maling maling shore Ijamaling Silvershore
ming minkay village, settlement Tuvoming Bluetown
minkay minkay village, settlement Bilaminkay ‘Bilaming’
mitan(g) mitan residence Lanyamidang King’s Residence
(na)trang natrang temple Pasubanatrang ‘Pasubanchurch’
(ne)kan nekan bridge Nekandalam Cowbridge
nong nongon river Mihunong ‘Narrowriver’
p(el)ang pelang castle Tanapelang ‘Tanakcastle’
petang petang mill Makapetang Whitemill
p(r)am(i) prami meadow Prihimpami Flatmeadow
ren, ren market Renhiro Newmarket
rang rang homestead Tuvrang Redding
rim rivan mountain Kutungrim Cloudy Mountain
rivan rivan mountain Lenorivan Blue Mountain
s(ir)ay siray bay Runusay Smokebay
t(u)ray turay hill Vinitray-ya-Karon Foresthill-at-Sea
umang umang beach Tupasumang Longbeach
vim vinim forest Ternuvim Holy Forest
visam visam here: capital Kāryovisam Big Capital
yang yonang creek, stream Nasanyang Mercy Creek
(yo)nang yonang creek, stream Parayonang Quick Creek

Then of course, there are as well modifiers such as tado ‘old’, hiro ‘new’, rayeng ‘upper’ , eyreng ‘lower’, kāryo ‘great’, kivo ‘little’, ling ‘upon’, nasay ‘near’, ya ‘at, in’. These may be fused with the place names in some way, although adjectives are usually put behind the head word. Of course, places can also have names that do not contain one of the parts listed above, like just, say, Pelang ‘Castle’. Names of towns do not need to wear their etymology on their sleeves all the time because the names may often be eroded due to having been used for centuries, sometimes even by different people with different languages.