河馬

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See also: 河马

Chinese

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river horse; surname
trad. (河馬)
simp. (河马)
anagram 馬河马河
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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河馬

  1. hippopotamus; hippo

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (河馬):
  • Korean: 하마(河馬) (hama)
  • Vietnamese: hà mã (河馬)

Japanese

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 カバ on Japanese Wikipedia
河馬 (kaba): a hippopotamus.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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Calque of Dutch revierpaard, obsolete form of rivierpaard (literally river horse), attested in the Doeff-Halma Dictionary, mainly edited in 1816-1817 and published in 1833 (scan available here).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() or 河馬(カバ) (kaba

  1. a hippopotamus

Usage notes

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  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カバ.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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河馬 (hama) (hangeul 하마)

  1. hanja form? of 하마 (hippopotamus)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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河馬

  1. chữ Hán form of hà mã (hippopotamus).