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Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō

風雨別

ぶうべつ Buubetsu

One of the three branches of the Shiraoi River; the reading turns on what storehouse the name refers to.

Ainu spellings: Pu-pet

Analyses

pu-pet

プーベツ

received reading

river of the storehouse

Proponent: 定説

The author supports the reading and says that nothing plainly contradicts 'the river where the storehouse stood', while he sees few names of the same shape. He offers the ridge west of the river, called Fūsawa cape on the Sendai domain map of eastern Ezo, as the storehouse the name may refer to, reading Fūsawa as pu-sapa 'the head of the storehouse'; the river beside that cape would then be Buubetsu. hure-pet 'red river' is also current.

zenibako_trek2025 「風雨別(ブウベツ)」
Analysis details
Confidence: low

Both parts are dictionary words in the senses used, and the reading is straightforward. The author reports few parallels for a name of this shape, and the storehouse he points to is a reading of a second name, Fūsawa.

Related names

  • フウサワ岬 — The ridge west of the Buubetsu River, named on the Sendai domain map of eastern Ezo. The author reads it pu-sapa 'the head of the storehouse'. zenibako_trek2025

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