Uwepekere - Uwepekere

Japanese: ウウェペケレ - ううぇぺけれ
Uwepekere - Uwepekere

…They range from short proverbs to long stories, but they are considered to be a collection of wisdom for the Ainu way of life, important guides for making decisions, and should be passed down from generation to generation. Representative examples of “things that are told” would be uwepeker (asking each other about their whereabouts) in the southwestern part of Hokkaido, and tu‐itak in the central and northeastern parts. According to Chiri Mashiho, tu‐itak is a transformation of ru‐itak, which means to tell a story with some phrasing, and is the name given to the yukar way of telling sa‐ko‐ye (saying with some phrasing). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Uwepekere" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…格言のような短いものから,長い物語の形式をとるものまであるが,アイヌの生活の知恵の凝集されたものであり,判断の重要な手引きになり,代々言い伝えるべきだとされている。 〈語られるもの〉の代表は,北海道の南西部でいうウウェペケレuwepeker(お互いに消息をたずね合う)と,中・北東部のトゥイタクtu‐itakであろう。トゥイタクは,知里真志保によれば,半ばふしをつけて語るという意味のルイタクru‐itakの転化で,ユーカラのサコイェsa‐ko‐ye(ふしと共に言う)の語り口に対してつけられた名称だという。…

※「ウウェペケレ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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