星鴉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星 鴉
ほし
Grade: 2 		からす > がらす
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “star crow”, 星(ほし) (hoshi, “star”) + 鴉(からす) (karasu, “crow, raven”). The karasu changes to garasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɕiɡa̠ɾa̠sɨ]

Noun

星(ほし)鴉(がらす) or 星鴉(ホシガラス) • (hoshigarasu) 

  1. northern nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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