蟻食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟻	食
あり Hyōgaiji	く(い) Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

蟻 (ari, “ant”) +‎ 食い (kui, “eating; eater”, from 食う (kuu, “to eat”))

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ありくい [àríkúí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) ありくい [àríꜜkùì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][3]
- (Tokyo) ありくい [àríkúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
- IPA^(key): [a̠ɾʲikɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

蟻食 (hiragana ありくい, katakana アリクイ, rōmaji arikui, historical hiragana ありくひ, historical katakana アリクヒ)

an anteater

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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