蝙蝠

 

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An alliterative augmentation of 蝠 (OC *pɯɡ, “bat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baːk (“bat”). Cognate with Mizo bâk (“bat”).

 

蝙蝠

1. bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn)

 

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/kapapori/ → /kafabori/ → /kawabori/ → /kaumori/ → /kɔːmori/ → /koːmori/

Alteration of kawahori,^[1][2] or kawabori (see below).

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蝙蝠.

• (Tokyo) こーもり [kóꜜòmòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][3]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːmo̞ɾʲi]

蝙蝠(こうもり) or 蝙蝠(コウモリ) • (kōmori) ^{←かうもり (kaumori)?}

1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

   Synonyms: 蚊食い鳥 (kakuidori), 天鼠 (tenso), バット (batto), 飛鼠 (hiso)

   • 1999 May 25, “バット [Bat]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:

     左(さ)右(ゆう)のハネに搭(とう)載(さい)された爆(ばく)弾(だん)を落(お)としてくるメカコウモリ。

     Sayū no hane ni tōsai sareta bakudan o otoshite kuru meka-kōmori.

     A mecha-bat that drops bombs from its two wings.

2. an opportunist
3. Short for 蝙蝠傘 (kōmori-gasa): a Western-style umbrella
   • 1963, “明日があるさ”, 青島幸男 (lyrics)‎^[2]performed by 坂本九:

     ぬれてるあの娘(こ)コウモリへ
     さそってあげよと待(ま)っている

     nureteru ano ko kōmori he
     sasotte ageyo to matteiru

     (please add an English translation of this example)

4. Short for 蝙蝠羽織 (kōmori-baori): a haori with long sleeves similar to the wings of a bat

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

/kapapori/ → /kafafori/ → /kawahori/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.^[4]

Ultimate derivation unclear, appears to be derived from a compound.

Likely from 皮, 革 (kawa, “leather, skin”) + an unknown component hori.

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蝙蝠.

• IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠ho̞ɾʲi]

蝙蝠(かわほり) • (kawahori) ^{←かはほり (kafafori)?}
(alternative reading hiragana かわぼり, rōmaji kawabori, historical hiragana かはぼり)

1. (archaic) a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
2. Short for 蝙蝠扇 (kawahori-ōgi): a paper folding fan
3. Short for 蝙蝠羽織 (kawahori-baori): a haori with long sleeves similar to the wings of a bat

From Middle Chinese 蝙蝠 (MC pen pjuwk).

• (Tokyo) へんぷく [hèńpúkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞mpɯ̟kɯ̟]

蝙(へん)蝠(ぷく) • (henpuku) 

1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

蝙蝠 • (pyeonbok) (hangeul 편복)

1. hanja form^? of 편복 (“bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)”)

Cognate with Japanese 蝙蝠 (kōmori).

蝙蝠(かーぶやー) (kābuyā) 

1. a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)