蟻食

Japanese

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

Alternative spellings
蟻喰食蟻獣

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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): [a̠ɾʲikɯ̟i]

Noun

蟻(あり)食(くい) or 蟻食(アリクイ) • (arikui) ^{←ありくひ (arikufi) or アリクヒ (arikufi)^?}

an anteater

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN