旅行鳩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旅	行	鳩
りょ Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2	はと > ばと Jinmeiyō
kan’on		kun’yomi

Etymology

From 旅行 (ryokō, “travel”) +‎ 鳩 (hato, “pigeon; dove”). The hato changes to bato as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りょこーばと [ryòkóóbáꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ko̞ːba̠to̞]

Noun

旅(りょ)行(こう)鳩(ばと) or 旅行鳩(リョコウバト) • (ryokōbato) ^{←りよかうばと (ryokaubato)^?}

passenger pigeon (†Ectopistes migratorius)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as リョコウバト.

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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