豚小屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豚 小 屋
ぶた
Grade: S 		こ > ご
Grade: 1 		や
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 豚 (buta, “pig”) +‎ 小屋 (koya, “pen”). The koya changes to goya as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぶたごや [bùtágóyá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ta̠ɡo̞ja̠]

Noun

豚(ぶた)小(ご)屋(や) • (butagoya) 

  1. pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept)
  2. pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)

Synonyms

References

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