猿食鷲

Japanese
Kanji in this term
猿 食 鷲
さる
Grade: S		 く(い)
Grade: 2		 わし
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

猿 (saru, “monkey”) +‎ 食い (kui, stem of 食う (kuu, “to eat”)) +‎ 鷲 (washi, “eagle”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さるく​いわし [sàrúkúꜜìwàshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝiɰᵝa̠ɕi]

Noun

猿(さる)食(くい)鷲(わし) or 猿食鷲(サルクイワシ) • (sarukuiwashi) ←さるくひわし (sarukufiwasi) or サルクヒワシ (sarukufiwasi)?

  1. Synonym of フィリピン鷲 (Firipin washi, “Philippine eagle”); a monkey-eating eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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