浮巣鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浮	巣	鳥
うき Grade: S	す Grade: 4	とり > どり Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
浮巢鳥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

浮巣 (ukisu, “floating nest”) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うきすどり [ùkísúꜜdòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲisɨᵝdo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

浮(うき)巣(す)鳥(どり) • (ukisudori)

Synonyms

(grebe): 鸊鷉(かいつぶり) (kaitsuburi), 鳰(にお) (nio), 鳰鳥(におどり) (niodori), 息長鳥(しながどり) (shinagadori), 潜(むぐ)り (muguri)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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