ははぐま

Japanese

Alternative spelling
母熊

Etymology

From 母(はは) (haha) + 熊(くま) (kuma). The kuma changes to guma as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ha̠ha̠ɡɯ̟ma̠]

Noun

ははぐま • (hahaguma) ←ははぐま (fafaguma)?

  1. mother bear

Coordinate terms

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