縞栗鼠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縞	栗	鼠
しま Jinmeiyō	り Jinmeiyō	す Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

Compound of 縞 (shima, “stripe”) +‎ 栗鼠 (risu, “squirrel”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しまりす [shìmá rísú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕima̠ ɾʲisɨ]

Noun

縞(しま)栗(り)鼠(す) or 縞栗鼠(シマリス) • (shima risu)

chipmunk

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シマリス (shimarisu).

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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