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): [ɾʲisɨza̠ɾɯ̟]

Noun

リスザル or りすざる • (risuzaru) 

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