黒猫

See also: 黑貓 and 黑猫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黒	猫
くろ Grade: 2	ねこ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
黑猫 (kyūjitai)

黒猫 (kuroneko, “black cat”)

Etymology

From 黒 (kuro, “black”) +‎ 猫 (neko, “cat”).[1]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) くろねこ [kùrónékó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ne̞ko̞]

Noun

黒(くろ)猫(ねこ) • (kuroneko) (kyūjitai 黑貓)

a black cat
- 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here)
  彼(かれ)は純(じゅん)粋(すい)の黒(くろ)猫(ねこ)である。
  Kare wa junsui no kuroneko de aru.
  He is an unmixed black cat.

See also

白(しろ)猫(ねこ) (shironeko, “white cat”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
黒	猫
くるー > くる Grade: 2	まやー Grade: S
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Compound of 黒 (kuru, “black”) +‎ 猫 (mayā, “cat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuɾumajaː/

Noun

黒猫 (hiragana くるまやー, rōmaji kurumayā)

a black cat

References

“くるまやー【黒まやー・黒猫】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

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