Particle-が in restaurant's name. Genitive particle?


I was at a Japanese restaurant called `星岡 (ほしがおか)`. And I was trying to figure
out what the `が` does in it.

I instinctively translated it to "Starry hill" (Not sure of my translation
though).

**(Question)** What does `が` do in this case? Or is it simply 名乗り and I
shouldn't think too much into it.




Your speculation seen in the title is correct. `が` is the archaic genitive
case particle. You can still observe this form in fixed expressions such as
`我が` (わが) 'my'.




Your speculation seen in the title is correct. `が` is the archaic genitive
case particle. You can still observe this form in fixed expressions such as
`我が` (わが) 'my'.

