イワトビペンギン
Japanese
Etymology
岩 (iwa, “rock”) + 跳び (tobi, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 跳ぶ) + ペンギン (pengin, “penguin”). Likely a calque of English rockhopper penguin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [iɰᵝa̠to̞bʲi pẽ̞ŋʲɡʲĩɴ]
Noun
イワトビペンギン (hiragana and katakana いわとびペンギン, rōmaji iwatobi pengin)
- rockhopper penguin