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Monbetsu, Hidaka town, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

波恵

はえ Hae

The valley of the Haekur, one of the two parties whose quarrel over the fishing rights of the Shizunai River grew into the Kanbun rising.

Ainu spellings: Hay-o-pet

Analyses

hay-o-pet

ハヨベツ

proposed

nettle river

Proponent: zenibako_trek（小樽銭函地名歴史研究会） (zenibako_trek (Otaru Zenibako Place-Name and History Society))

The reading comes from the long spelling on the Hata map. Hayopira in Biratori is built on the same word, hay-o-pira 'nettle cliff', and is a different place.

zenibako_trek2025 「波恵（はえ）」
Analysis details
Confidence: low

hay and pet are dictionary words in the senses used and the longer spelling supports the shape; the reading rests on a single map.

Attestations

  • ハヨベツ map Edo period 秦蝦夷島図

    The records usually write only Hae or Hai; this map carries the longer form.

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