烏鳩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏 鳩
からす
Jinmeiyō 		はと > ばと
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

烏(からす) (karasu, “crow, raven”) + 鳩(はと) (hato, “pigeon”). The hato changes to bato as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠sɨba̠to̞]

Noun

烏(からす)鳩(ばと) or 烏鳩(カラスバト) • (karasubato) 

  1. black wood pigeon, Columba janthina

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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