ははぐま

Japanese

Alternative spelling
母熊

Etymology

From 母(はは) (haha) + 熊(くま) (kuma). The kuma changes to guma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ha̠ɡɯ̟ma̠]

Noun

ははぐま • (hahaguma) ^{←ははぐま (fafaguma)?}

1. mother bear

Coordinate terms

• 子熊(こぐま) (koguma)