モルモット

Japanese
モルモット

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch marmot;[1][2][3] doublet of マーモット (māmotto, “marmot”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) モルモ​ット [mòrúmóꜜttò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝmo̞t̚to̞]

Noun

モルモット • (morumotto) 

  1. a guinea pig

Synonyms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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