馬小屋(うまごや)

うまごや
noun
stable; horse barn
buildinganimal-mammal
1. stable; horse barn
A building where horses are kept and fed.
馬(うま)を馬小屋(うまごや)に入(い)れる。
To put the horse in the stable.
古(ふる)い馬小屋(うまごや)が今(いま)はカフェになっている。
An old stable has now become a café.
Christ is said to have been born in a stable.

馬(うま) (horse) + 小屋(こや) (hut, shed); the こ becomes ご in the compound.

Related words

  • 厩舎(きゅうしゃ): stable, especially a racing stable (formal, horse-racing term)
  • 牛小屋(うしごや): cowshed
  • 鶏小屋(とりごや): henhouse