大白鳥

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大白鳥 (ōhakuchō): three whooper swans resting at a lake in Japan.
Kanji in this term
大 白 鳥
おお
Grade: 1 		はく
Grade: 1 		ちょう
Grade: 2

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

/opopakuteu/ → /ofofakut͡ɕeu/ → /oːfakut͡ɕoː/ → /oːhakut͡ɕoː/

Compound of 大 (ō, “big”) +‎ 白鳥 (hakuchō, “swan”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) おおは​くちょー [òóháꜜkùchòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun[edit]

大(おお)白(はく)鳥(ちょう) or 大白鳥(オオハクチョウ) • (ōhakuchō) ←おほはくてう (ofofakuteu) or オホハクテウ (ofofakuteu)?

  1. Cygnus cygnus: a whooper swan

Usage notes[edit]

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as オオハクチョウ.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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