ホモサピエンス

Japanese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from New Latin Homo sapiens, the species name.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) モサピエンス [hòmósáꜜpìèǹsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞mo̞sa̠pʲiẽ̞ɰ̃sɨᵝ]

Noun edit

ホモサピエンス (homosapiensu

  1. Homo sapiens

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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