臍猪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臍	猪
へそ Hyōgai	いのしし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
臍猪 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 臍 (heso, “navel”) +‎ 猪 (inoshishi, “wild boar”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へそいのしし [hèsóíꜜnòshìshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [he̞so̞ino̞ɕiɕi]

Noun

臍(へそ)猪(いのしし) or 臍猪(ヘソイノシシ) • (hesoinoshishi) ^{←へそゐのしし (fesowinosisi)?}

1. peccary

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN