笛烏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
笛 烏
ふえ
Grade: 3 		からす > がらす
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

笛(ふえ) (fue, “flute”) + 烏(からす) (karasu, “crow”). The karasu changes to garasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟e̞ɡa̠ɾa̠sɨ]

Noun

笛(ふえ)烏(がらす) or 笛烏(フエガラス) • (fuegarasu) 

  1. pied currawong, Strepera graculina

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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