縞馬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縞 馬
しま
Jinmeiyō 		うま
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
斑馬

Etymology

縞(しま) (shima, “stripe”) + 馬(うま) (uma, “horse”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しまうま [shìmáúmá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕima̠ɯ̟ma̠]

Noun

縞(しま)馬(うま) or 縞馬(シマウマ) • (shimauma) 

  1. a zebra (African animal)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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