火食い鳥

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

• 火食鳥; 食火鶏

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひく​いどり [hìkúꜜìdòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [çi̥kɯ̟ᵝido̞ɾʲi]

Noun

火食い鳥 (hiragana ひくいどり, katakana ヒクイドリ, rōmaji hikuidori, historical hiragana ひくひどり, historical katakana ヒクヒドリ)

1. a southern cassowary

Derived terms

• パプア火 (ひ)食 (く)い鳥 (どり) (Papua hikuidori)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN