ウィルドビースト

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English wildebeest, from early Afrikaans wildebeest, modern wildebees (literally “wild cattle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ウィルドビースト [wìrúdóbíꜜìsùtò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [β̞iɾɯ̟do̞bʲiːsɨ̥to̞]

Noun

ウィルドビースト • (wirudobīsuto) 

  1. gnu, wildebeest
    Synonym: ヌー (nū)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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