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])
• (Tokyo) やまば​と [yàmábáꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ba̠to̞]

Noun

山(やま)鳩(ばと) or 山鳩(ヤマバト) • (yamabato) 

1. 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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