土狼
Chinese
earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
wolf | ||
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simp. and trad. (土狼) |
土 | 狼 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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土 | 狼 |
つち Grade: 1 |
おおかみ Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
土 (tsuchi, “soil; earth”) + 狼 (ōkami, “wolf”), calque of Afrikaans aardwolf (“earth wolf”)
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 ツチオオカミ.
See also
- 土豚 (tsuchibuta)
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