雌鳥

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雌 鳥
め > めん
Grade: S		 とり > どり
Grade: 2
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
牝鳥

Etymology

Originally Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value),[1][2] from 雌 (me-, “female”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

雌(めん)鳥(どり) • (mendori) 

  1. a female bird

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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