牛小屋

Japanese
Kanji in this term
牛 小 屋
うし
Grade: 2		 こ > ご
Grade: 1		 や
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 牛 (ushi, “cow”) +‎ 小屋 (koya, “pen”). The koya changes to goya as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うしごや [ùshígóyá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɕiɡo̞ja̠]

Noun

牛(うし)小(ご)屋(や) • (ushigoya) 

  1. cowshed, byre, cattle barn

Synonyms

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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