河馬

See also: 河马

Chinese
river horse; surname
trad. (河馬) 河 馬
simp. (河马) 河 马
anagram 馬河／马河

Pronunciation

Noun

河馬

  1. hippopotamus; hippo

Derived terms

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

Japanese
河馬 (kaba): a hippopotamus.
Kanji in this term
河 馬
か
Grade: 5		 ば
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Noun

河(か)馬(ば) or 河馬(カバ) • (kaba) 

  1. a hippopotamus

Usage notes
  • 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

References
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
河馬

Noun

河馬 • (hama) (hangeul 하마)

  1. Hanja form? of 하마 (“hippopotamus”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
河馬

Noun

河馬

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