河馬
See also: 河马
Chinese edit
river | horse; surname | ||
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trad. (河馬) | 河 | 馬 | |
simp. (河马) | 河 | 马 | |
anagram | 馬河/马河 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
河馬
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Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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河 | 馬 |
か Grade: 5 |
ば Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
Calque of Dutch revierpaard, obsolete form of rivierpaard (literally “river horse”), attested in the Doeff-Halma Dictionary, mainly edited in 1816-1817 and published in 1833 (scan available here).
Pronunciation edit
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Usage notes edit
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カバ.
Derived terms edit
- コビトカバ (kobitokaba, “pygmy hippopotamus”)
References edit
- ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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河 | 馬 |
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Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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河 | 馬 |
Noun edit
河馬
- chữ Hán form of hà mã (“hippopotamus”).