小人河馬
/ko̞bʲito̞ ka̠ba̠/
JAPONCA → TR
Tanım
•a pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Etimoloji
Compound of 小人 (kobito, “pygmy”) + 河馬 (kaba, “hippopotamus”). The hito reading for 人 changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Date of first attestation is unclear; would be some time after the 1869 first attestation of the kaba reading for 河馬 (kaba, “hippopotamus”).