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
  • (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. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, 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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