Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あり
Hyōgaiji
く(い)
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
蟻喰
食蟻獣
 アリクイ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

(ari, ant) +‎ 食い (kui, eating; eater, from 食う (kuu, to eat))

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(あり)(くい) or 蟻食(アリクイ) (arikuiありくひ (arikufi) or アリクヒ (arikufi)?

  1. an anteater

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN