山鳩

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
山	鳩
やま Grade: 1	はと > ばと Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 鳩 (hato, “pigeon; dove”). The hato changes to bato as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やまばと [yàmábátó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) やまばと [yàmábáꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ba̠to̞]

Noun

山(やま)鳩(ばと) or 山鳩(ヤマバト) • (yamabato)

turtle dove

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

雉鳩(きじばと) (kijibato)
子雉鳩(こきじばと) (kokijibato)

Derived terms

山鳩(やまばと)色(いる) (yamabatoiru)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
山	鳩
さん Grade: 1	きゅう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

山(さん)鳩(きゅう) • (sankyū)

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References

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