リスザル
Japanese
Etymology
栗鼠 (risu, “squirrel”) + 猿 (saru, “monkey”). The saru reading for 猿 changes to zaru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) リスザル [rìsúzáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA(key): [ɾʲisɨᵝza̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
リスザル (hiragana りすざる, rōmaji risuzaru)
- a squirrel monkey (member of the genus Saimiri)