信天翁

Chinese
 
letter; true; to believe
letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
 day; sky; heaven elderly person
trad. (信天翁) 信 天 翁
simp. #(信天翁) 信 天 翁

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

信天翁

  1. albatross (seabird) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
信 天 翁
あほうどり
Grade: 4 Grade: 1 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
阿呆鳥
阿房鳥

Compound of 阿呆(あほう) (ahō, “fool”) + 鳥(とり) (tori, “bird”). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あほ​ーどり [àhóꜜòdòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ho̞ːdo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

信天翁(あほうどり) • (ahōdori) ←あはうどり (afaudori)?

  1. an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
    Synonym: アルバトロス (arubatorosu)
    Hypernym: 水薙鳥 (mizunagidori)
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 信天翁(アホウドリ)羽(ハ)蝨(ジラミ) (ahōdori hajirami)
  • 黒足(クロアシ)信天翁(アホウドリ) (kuroashi ahōdori)
  • 小(コ)信天翁(アホウドリ) (koahōdori)
  • 煤色(ススイロ)信天翁(アホウドリ) (susuiro ahōdori)
  • 渡(ワタリ)信天翁(アホウドリ) (watari ahōdori)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
信 天 翁
しん
Grade: 4		 てん
Grade: 1		 おう
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on

Possibly a borrowing from Chinese 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng).

Compare Min Nan 信天翁 (sìn-thian-ong).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩntẽ̞ɰ̃o̞ː]

Noun

信(しん)天(てん)翁(おう) • (shinten'ō) ←しんてんをう (sintenwou)?

  1. (rare) an albatross, especially the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

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

Korean
Hanja in this term
信天翁

Noun

信天翁 • (sincheonong) (hangeul 신천옹)

  1. Hanja form? of 신천옹 (“albatross”).
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