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ツチブタ (つちぶた) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ツチブタ

つ

ち

ぶ

た

Meanings

1

noun

aardvark

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the animal Orycteropus afer. The katakana spelling ツチブタ is standard.

動どう物ぶつ園えんでツチブタを見みた。
I saw an aardvark at the zoo.

Written forms

ツチブタUsage100%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this animal name; usually written in kana.
土つち豚ぶた
Kanji spelling is rare and may not be recognized by all readers; the katakana form is strongly preferred.

Kanji

土soil, earth, ground
豚

pork, pig

Etymology

Compound of 土 (tsuchi, 'earth') and 豚 (buta, 'pig'), literally 'earth pig', a calque of the Afrikaans 'aardvark'.