水鶏

/kufina/ → /kuwina/ → /kuina/

First attested in the Edo period.

Derivation uncertain. Thought to be a shift from a compound of 食い (kui, stem form of verb 食う (kuu), “to put in one's mouth, eat”) +‎ 鳴く (naku, “to call, said of a bird”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), literally "water chicken".

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) くいな [kùíná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) く​いな [kúꜜìnà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝina̠]

• 水雉, 秧鶏

水鶏 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 水鷄, hiragana くいな, katakana クイナ, rōmaji kuina, historical hiragana くひな, historical katakana クヒナ)

1. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus

   Hypernym: 鶴 (tsuru)

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as クイナ.

水鶏 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 水鷄, hiragana くいな, rōmaji Kuina, historical hiragana くひな)

1. a female given name

From 水 (sui, “water”) +‎ 鶏 (kei, “chicken”).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) すいけー [sùíkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sɨᵝike̞ː]

水鶏 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 水鷄, hiragana すいけい, rōmaji suikei)

1. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus

• Etymology at Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)

水鶏 (fumira) (hiragana ふみら)

1. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus

• 山原水鶏 (Yanbaru fumira)

水鶏 (hiragana くみらー, romaji kumirā)

1. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus

• 山原水鶏 (Yanbaru kumirā)