エミュー

Japanese
Alternative spelling
鴯鶓 (obsolete)
エミュー (emyū): an emu in the wild.

Etymology

Borrowing from English emu,[1][2][3][4] possibly also from French émeu.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) エ​ミュー [éꜜmyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
    • IPA(key): [e̞mʲɨᵝː]

Noun

エミュー • (emyū) ←エミウ (emiu)?

  1. emu (large flightless bird)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. “エミュー”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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