河原鳩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	原	鳩
かわ Grade: 5	はら > ら Grade: 2	はと > ばと Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi	irregular	kun'yomi

Etymology

From 河原 (kawara, “river bed”) +‎ 鳩 (hato, “pigeon; dove”). The hato changes to bato as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわらばと [kàwárábáꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) かわらばと [kàwáráꜜbàtò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠ɾa̠ba̠to̞]

Noun

河(かわ)原(ら)鳩(ばと) or 河原鳩(カワラバト) • (kawarabato) ^{←かはらばと (kafarabato)?}

1. rock dove (Columba livia)

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 カワラバト.