縞馬

縞馬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縞	馬
しま Jinmeiyō	うま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 斑馬

Etymology

縞 (shima, “stripe”) +‎ 馬 (uma, “horse”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しまうま [shìmáúmá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕima̠ɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Noun

縞馬 (hiragana しまうま, katakana シマウマ, rōmaji shimauma)

1. a zebra (African animal)

Derived terms

• 山 (ヤマ)縞 (シマ)馬 (ウマ) (yamashimauma)
• グレビー縞 (シマ)馬 (ウマ) (Gurebī shimauma)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN