フラミンゴ

フラミンゴ

Japanese

フラミンゴ (furamingo): a flamingo.

Etymology

Borrowing from English flamingo,[1][2][3] from Portuguese flamingo.[2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) フラミ​ンゴ [fùrámíꜜǹgò] (Nakadaka – [3])[4][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾa̠mʲĩŋɡo̞]

Noun

フラミンゴ • (furamingo) 

1. a flamingo (bird)
   • 1994 March 25, Ragawa, Marimo, “赤(あか)ちゃんと僕(ぼく)　第(だい)33話(わ) [Baby & Me: Chapter 33]”, in 赤ちゃんと僕 [Baby & Me], volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 27:

     へ——フラミンゴのショーねぇ　どこでやるのかなー
     ？ここでやるんじゃないの
     ここで⁉だって池(いけ)があるぞ　この鳥(とり)達(たち)だって邪(じゃ)魔(ま)じゃないか
     えー？フラミンゴでしょー？
     そうフラミンゴ‼　踊(おど)りにくいだろ？
     春(はる)美(み)ちゃんもしかしてフ(・)ラ(・)メ(・)ン(・)コ(・)と勘(かん)違(ちが)いしてない？

     He—— Furamingo no shō nee Doko de yaru no ka nā
     ? Koko de yarun ja nai no
     Koko de⁉ Datte ike ga aru zo Kono tori-tachi datte jama ja nai ka
     Ē? Furamingo deshō?
     Sō furamingo‼ Odorinikui daro?
     Harumi-chan moshi ka shite FURAMENKO to kanchigaishite nai?

     Huh— Flamingos on show. Where’s the show?
     Eh? Isn’t it supposed to be here?
     Here!? Right at this pond? But aren’t these birds a bit of a hindrance?
     What? The flamingos?
     Yes, the flamingos!! We can’t dance here, can we?
     Harumi-chan, are you confusing them with flamenco?

Synonyms

• 紅(ベニ)鶴(ヅル) (benizuru) (dated)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN