火食い鳥

Japanese
Kanji in this term
火 食 鳥
ひ
Grade: 1		 く
Grade: 2		 とり > どり
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

火 (hi, “fire”) +‎ 食い (kui, “eating”, stem of 食う (kuu, “to eat”)) +‎ 鳥 (tori, “bird”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひく​いどり [hìkúꜜìdòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çi̥kɯ̟ᵝido̞ɾʲi]

Noun

火(ひ)食(く)い鳥(どり) or 火食(ヒク)い鳥(ドリ) • (hikuidori) ←ひくひどり (fikufidori) or ヒクヒドリ (fikufidori)?

  1. a southern cassowary

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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