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 雌鳥 (medori),[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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 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
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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