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

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぶたごや [bùtágóyá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝta̠ɡo̞ja̠]

Noun

豚小屋 (hiragana ぶたごや, rōmaji butagoya)

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

Synonyms

(enclosure where pigs are kept): 豚舎 (とんしゃ) (tonsha)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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