栗鼠
Chinese edit
chestnut | rat; mouse | ||
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trad. (栗鼠) | 栗 | 鼠 | |
simp. #(栗鼠) | 栗 | 鼠 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
栗鼠
- squirrel (Classifier: 隻/只 m)
- chinchilla
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- 花栗鼠 (huālìshǔ)
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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栗 | 鼠 |
りつ > り Jinmeiyō |
そ > す Hyōgaiji |
irregular |
/ritu so/ → /risːo/ → /risːə/ → /risu/
Shift from Middle Chinese-derived compound 栗鼠 (MC lit syoX, literally “chestnut + mouse, rat”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a squirrel (rodent of family Sciuridae)
- Synonym: 木鼠 (kinezumi)
- c. 2012, “パンツにリスがいるんだよ [S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)]”:
- あ——— パンツにリスが!
- A——— Pantsu ni risu ga!
- AHHHHHHH! There are squirrels in my pants!
- Pantsu ni sugoi risu ga iru n da tte sa
- That girl's got some serious squirrels in her pants.
- あ——— パンツにリスが!
- Short for 日本栗鼠 (Nihon risu): the Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- 蝦夷栗鼠 (Ezo risu, “ground squirrel”)
- 北栗鼠 (kitarisu, “red squirrel”)
- 縞栗鼠 (shimarisu, “chipmunk”)
- 地栗鼠 (jirisu, “ground squirrel”)
- 台湾栗鼠 (Taiwan risu, “Taiwanese squirrel”)
- 日本栗鼠 (Nihon risu, “Japanese squirrel”)
- リス亜目 (risu-amoku, “Sciuromorpha”)
- 栗鼠猿 (risuzaru, “squirrel monkey”)
- 栗鼠擬 (risumodoki, “tree shrew”)
See also edit
- 鼯鼠 (musasabi), 鼯鼠 (momonga, “flying squirrel”)
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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栗 | 鼠 |
くり Jinmeiyō |
ねずみ Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 栗 (kuri, “chestnut”) + 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse, rat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
栗鼠 • (kurinezumi)
- Synonym of リス (risu) above
- name of a hair color of a horse; grey with tinges of brown (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- Short for 栗鼠色 (kurinezumi-iro): a brownish colour, as of a squirrel's fur
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ 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