Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) くいな [kùíná] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) く​いな [kúꜜìnà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kɯᵝĩna̠]

Alternative forms

• 水雉, 秧鶏

Noun

水鶏 ‎(hiragana くいな, katakana クイナ, romaji kuina, historical hiragana くひな)

1. a water rail

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as クイナ.

Derived terms

• 山 (ヤン)原 (バル)水鶏 (クイナ) ‎(Yanbaru kuina, “Okinawa rail”)

Etymology 2

水 ‎(sui, “water”) +‎ 鶏 ‎(kei, “chicken”)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) すいけい [sùíkéé] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sɯᵝike̞ː]

Noun

水鶏 ‎(hiragana すいけい, romaji suikei)

1. a water rail

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Kunigami

Noun

水鶏 ‎(fumira) ‎(hiragana ふみら)

1. a water rail

Derived terms

• 山原水鶏 ‎(Yanbaru fumira)

Okinawan

Noun

水鶏 ‎(hiragana くみらー, romaji kumirā)

1. a water rail

Derived terms

• 山原水鶏 ‎(Yanbaru kumirā)