渡り鳥

Japanese
Kanji in this term
渡 鳥
わた
Grade: S		 とり > どり
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 渡(わた)り (watari, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 渡(わた)る (wataru, “to migrate”)) + 鳥(とり) (tori, “bird”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) わたり​どり [wàtáríꜜdòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ta̠ɾʲido̞ɾʲi]

Noun

渡(わた)り鳥(どり) • (wataridori) 

  1. a bird of passage; a migratory bird

Descendants
  • → Hokkien: 渡鳥／渡鸟 (tō͘-chiáu)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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