モルモット

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Japanese

 モルモット on Japanese Wikipedia
モルモット

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch marmot,[1][2][3] so-called due to Dutch traders mistakenly identifying guinea pigs as marmots when they first brought them to Nagasaki in 1843.[4] Doublet of マーモット (māmotto, marmot) and マルモット (marumotto, marmot).

Pronunciation

Noun

モルモット (morumotto

  1. a guinea pig
    Synonyms: 天竺鼠 (tenjiku nezumi), ギニーピッグ (ginī piggu)
  2. (informal, idiomatic) a guinea pig (an experimental subject)

Usage notes

Descendants

  • Korean: 모르모트 (moreumoteu)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ 語源由来辞典 Gogen Yurai Jiten