Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/禽鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
禽	鳥
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 禽鳥 (“birds, fowl”), a term which decomposes into 禽 (“bird”) + 鳥 (“bird”), to native Japanese verb とり (tori, “fowl, birds”).

Noun

禽鳥 (とり)^[1] (tori) → 鳥 (とり) (tori), 禽鳥 (きんちょう) (kinchō)

fowl, birds

Quotations

^ OT, page 1:
神 (かみ)之(これ)を祝(しゆく)して曰(いは)く生(うめ)よ繁息(ふえ)よ海(うみ)の水(みづ)に充牣(みて)よ又(また)禽鳥(とり)は地(ち)に蕃息(ふえ)よと
Kami kore wo shuku shite iwaku umeyo fueyo umi no mizu ni miteyo mata tori wa chi ni fueyo to
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

[Gen_1:22-1] OT, page 1:
神 (かみ)之(これ)を祝(しゆく)して曰(いは)く生(うめ)よ繁息(ふえ)よ海(うみ)の水(みづ)に充牣(みて)よ又(また)禽鳥(とり)は地(ち)に蕃息(ふえ)よと
Kami kore wo shuku shite iwaku umeyo fueyo umi no mizu ni miteyo mata tori wa chi ni fueyo to
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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