リスザル

Japanese

Etymology

栗鼠 (risu, “squirrel”) +‎ 猿 (saru, “monkey”). The saru reading for 猿 changes to zaru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) リスザ​ル [rìsúzáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲisɨᵝza̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

リスザル or りすざる • (risuzaru) 

  1. a squirrel monkey (member of the genus Saimiri)
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