Shiraoi, Iburi region, Hokkaidō
風雨別
ぶうべつ BuubetsuOne 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
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.
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
Sources
- 白老町の地名の由来 + ウポポイは何を伝えているか
zenibako_trek·2025-03-03