プエルトリコ

Japanese

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish Puerto Rico.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) エルトリ [pùérútóríꜜkò] (Nakadaka – [5])[4]
  • IPA(key): [pɯ̟e̞ɾɯ̟to̞ɾʲiko̞]

Proper noun

プエルトリコ • (Pueruto Riko

  1. Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN