越えっ冬とう

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越冬する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for animals, insects, or people spending the winter in a particular place or state. Often implies surviving or enduring the winter season.

〈場ば所しょ〉で越えっ冬とうするto winter (spend the winter) in a place
この鳥とりは南みなみの島しまで越えっ冬とうする。
This bird winters on an island in the south.
〈動どう物ぶつ〉が越えっ冬とうするan animal or insect passes the winter (in a dormant or sheltered state)
この昆こん虫ちゅうは卵たまごの状じょう態たいで越えっ冬とうする。
This insect overwinters in the egg stage.
越えっ冬とうの準じゅん備びをするto prepare for winter
農のう家かは越えっ冬とうの準じゅん備びを早はやめに始はじめた。
The farmers started preparing for winter early.
越えっ冬とうに成せい功こうするto successfully survive the winter
厳きびしい寒さむさの中なか、多おおくの動どう物ぶつが越えっ冬とうに成せい功こうした。
Despite the harsh cold, many animals successfully made it through the winter.

冬とう眠みんN1
冬眠 refers specifically to deep biological hibernation, while 越冬 more broadly covers any way of getting through winter, including staying active or migrating.
越えつ年ねん
越冬 focuses on surviving or getting through the winter (often used for animals, plants, or hardship), while 越年 centers on the passage from the old year into the new one, though both can describe hibernation.

越えつ年ねん
越冬 means surviving through the winter season, whereas 越年 means carrying something over into the New Year or seeing out the old year, so the two are easily confused because both pair 越 with a time word.
冬とう眠みんN1
越冬 means simply to get through winter (e.g. by staying active or migrating), whereas 冬眠 specifically implies a dormant, sleep-like state.

回かいN4
Used when counting instances or occurrences of wintering, not the noun itself.

Compound of 越 (こす, to cross over, to pass) and 冬 (ふゆ, winter), literally 'passing through winter'. The reading えっとう is a standard on'yomi compound.