ミチバシリ

Likely a calque of English roadrunner; see 道 (michi, “road”), 走り (hashiri, “running”). Compare Spanish correcaminos. The hashiri changes to bashiri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• IPA^(key): [mʲit͡ɕiba̠ɕiɾʲi]

ミチバシリ: greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus

ミチバシリ • (michibashiri) 

1. roadrunner, either of two bird species in the genus Geococcyx
   • 1971, Wajima shishi [Wajima city history], volume 5, page 346:

     第(だい)4(よん)亜(あ)科(か)はミチバシリGeococcyx californianusによって代(だい)表(ひょう)される。足(あし)が長(なが)く地(ち)上(じょう)をよく走(はし)る。

     Dai-yon aka wa michibashiri Geococcyx californianus ni yotte daihyō sareru. Ashi ga nagaku chijō o yoku hashiru.

     The fourth subfamily is represented by the roadrunner Geococcyx californianus. It has long legs and runs quickly on the ground.

   • 2012 March 15, “Kore ga dōro bakusō tori ‘rōdorannā (michibashiri)’ da! [This is the highway speedster ‘roadrunner (michibashiri)’]”, in Karapaia‎:

     このアニメに出(で)てくる、どんな高(こう)速(そく)で走(はし)る車(くるま)よりも早(はや)く走(はし)る鳥(とり)のモデルとなっているのがまさしく「ロードランナー」日(に)本(ほん)語(ご)で言(い)うところの「ミチバシリ」。

     Kono anime ni dete-kuru, donna kōsoku de hashiru kuruma yori mo hayaku hashiru tori no moderu to natte-iru no ga masashiku “Rōdorannā” Nihongo de iu tokoro no “michibashiri”.

     This is the model for the bird that runs faster than any speeding car in the cartoon “The Roadrunner”, called “michibashiri” in Japanese.

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

• オオミチバシリ (ōmichibashiri, “greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus”)
• コミチバシリ (komichibashiri, “lesser roadrunner, Geococcyx velox”)