山原水鶏

Japanese
Kanji in this term
山 原 水 鶏
やま > やん
Grade: 1		 はら > ばる
Grade: 2		 Grade: 1 Grade: S
Irregular

Etymology

山原 (Yanbaru) +‎ 水鶏 (kuina, “water rail”, jukujikun (熟字訓)), calque of Okinawan 山原水鶏 (Yanbaru kumirā).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) やんばるく​いな [yàńbárú kúꜜìnà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
    • IPA(key): [jã̠mba̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ kɯ̟ᵝina̠]

Noun

山原水鶏 (hiragana やんばるくいな, katakana ヤンバルクイナ, rōmaji Yanbaru kuina, historical hiragana やんばるくひな, historical katakana ヤンバルクヒナ)

  1. an Okinawa rail

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Kunigami

Etymology

山原 (“Yanbaru”) +‎ 水鶏 (fumira, “water rail”)

Noun

山原水鶏 (hiragana やんばるふみら, romaji Yanbaru fumira)

  1. an Okinawa rail

Okinawan

Etymology

山原 (“Yanbaru”) +‎ 水鶏 (kumirā, “water rail”)

Noun

山原水鶏 (hiragana やんばるくみらー, romaji Yanbaru kumirā)

  1. an Okinawa rail
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