モルモット
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch marmot,[1][2][3] so-called due to Dutch traders mistakenly identifying guinea pigs as marmots when they first brought them to Nagasaki in 1843.[4] Doublet of マーモット (māmotto, “marmot”) and マルモット (marumotto, “marmot”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- a guinea pig
- (informal, idiomatic) a guinea pig (an experimental subject)
Usage notes
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Korean: 모르모트 (moreumoteu)
References
[edit]- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ 語源由来辞典 Gogen Yurai Jiten