マレーグマ
Japanese
Etymology
From マレー (Marē, “Malay”) + 熊 (kuma, “bear”). The kuma reading for 熊 changes to guma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) マレーぐま [màréꜜègùmà] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA(key): [ma̠ɾe̞ːɡɯ̟ᵝma̠]
Noun
マレーグマ (hiragana and katakana マレーぐま, rōmaji Marē-guma)
- a sun bear