暗光鳥

暗光鳥

1. (Hokkien) owl (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)

   • 我親像曠野的鵜鶘鳥，亦親像拋荒的所在的暗光鳥。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     我亲像旷野的鹈鹕鸟，亦亲像抛荒的所在的暗光鸟。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1933, 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 詩篇 (Psalm) 102:6; Chinese characters from 1996, 台語漢字本聖經

     Góa chhin-chhiūⁿ khòng-iá ê thê-ô͘-chiáu, Ia̍h chhin-chhiūⁿ pha-hng ê só͘-chāi ê àm-kong-chiáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)

   • 暗光鳥　三更半暝呱呱叫　兩蕊目睭　發紅光 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     暗光鸟　三更半暝呱呱叫　两蕊目睭　发红光 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2010, 康原 (lyrics), 張怡嬅 (music), 暗光鳥, in 《逗陣來唱囡仔歌（I）：台灣歌謠動物篇》

     àm-kong-chiáu, saⁿ-kiⁿ-pòaⁿ-mî koa-koa chiáu, nn̄g lúi ba̍k-chiu, hoat âng kng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The night heron quacks in the middle of the night; its two eyes glisten with red beams

3. (Hokkien) night owl; someone who goes to bed late (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)

   • 天色漸漸光　漸漸光　暗光鳥還袂愛睏 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     天色渐渐光　渐渐光　暗光鸟还袂爱困 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2013, 陳子鴻 (lyrics and music), 暗光鳥, performed by 江蕙

     thiⁿ-sek chiām-chiām kng, chiām-chiām kng, àm-kong-chiáu iá-bē ài khùn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     It's gradually brightening, gradually brightening; the night owls still don't want to sleep

   • 已經真暗緊睏　敢講欲做暗光鳥 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     已经真暗紧困　敢讲欲做暗光鸟 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2020, 陳信宇 (lyrics and music), 罵, performed by 兔子先生

     í-keng chin àm kín khùn, kám-kóng beh chò àm-kong-chiáu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     It's already so late, go sleep at once; do you want to be a night owl?

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “暗光鳥”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• “Entry #9615”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.