エミュー

Japanese

エミュー (emyū): an emu in the wild.

Alternative forms

(very rare) 鴯鶓

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) えみゅう [éꜜmyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [e̞mʲɨᵝː]

Noun

エミュー (rōmaji emyū)

emu (large flightless bird)

References

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

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