犬小屋

Japanese
Kanji in this term
犬 小 屋
いぬ
Grade: 1		 こ > ご
Grade: 1		 や
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 犬 (inu, “dog”) +‎ 小屋 (koya, “pen”). The koya changes to goya as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

犬小屋 (hiragana いぬごや, rōmaji inugoya)

  1. kennel, doghouse

Synonyms
  • 犬 (けん)舎 (しゃ) (kensha)

See also

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