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 or マレーぐま • (Marē-guma) 

  1. a sun bear
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