河馬

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See also: 河马

Chinese

river horse; surname
trad. (河馬) 河 馬
simp. (河马) 河 马
anagram 馬河／马河
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Pronunciation

Noun

河馬

  1. hippopotamus; hippo

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (河馬):
  • → Korean: 하마(河馬) (hama)
  • → Vietnamese: hà mã (河馬)

Japanese

 カバ on Japanese Wikipedia
河馬 (kaba): a hippopotamus.
Kanji in this term
河 馬
か
Grade: 5 		ば
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Calque of Dutch revierpaard, obsolete form of rivierpaard (literally “river horse”), attested in the Doeff-Halma Dictionary, mainly edited in 1816-1817 and published in 1833 (scan available here).

Pronunciation

Noun

河(か)馬(ば) or 河馬(カバ) • (kaba) 

  1. a hippopotamus

Usage notes

  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カバ.

Derived terms

References

  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

Korean

Hanja in this term
河馬

Noun

河馬 • (hama) (hangeul 하마)

  1. Hanja form? of 하마 (“hippopotamus”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
河馬

Noun

河馬

  1. chữ Hán form of hà mã (“hippopotamus”).
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