kookaburraとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈkʊkəˌbaɹə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/, /ˈkʊkəˌbɝɹə/
• 韻: -ʌɹə

名詞

kookaburra (plural kookaburras)

1. Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.

同意語

• (informal): kooka, kooky
• (laughing kookaburra): alarm bird, breakfast bird, clockbird, goburra, gogobera, laughing jackass, jackass, Jacky
• (blue-winged kookaburra): howling jackass, Leach's kingfisher

派生語

参照

• Dixon, R. M. W., Bruce Moore, W. S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas (2006), Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed. edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86

Further reading

• kookaburra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia