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山原水鶏

山原水鶏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
やま > やん
Grade: 1
はら > ばる
Grade: 2
Grade: 1 Grade: S
Irregular

Noun

山原水鶏 (hiragana やんばるくいな, katakana ヤンバルクイナ, romaji Yanbaru kuina, historical hiragana やんばるくひな)

  1. an Okinawa rail

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Kunigami

Etymology

山原 (Yanbaru) + 水鶏 (fumira, water rail)

Noun

山原水鶏 (Yanbaru fumira) (hiragana やんばるふみら)

  1. an Okinawa rail

Okinawan

Etymology

山原 (Yanbaru) + 水鶏 (kumirā, water rail)

Noun

山原水鶏 (hiragana やんばるくみらー, romaji Yanbaru kumirā)

  1. an Okinawa rail