Japanese edit

 シマウマ on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
しま
Jinmeiyō
うま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
斑馬

Etymology edit

(しま) (shima, stripe) + (うま) (uma, horse).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しま)(うま) or 縞馬(シマウマ) (shimauma

  1. a zebra (African animal)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN