Japanese

Noun

驢馬 ‎(hiragana ろば, katakana ロバ, romaji roba)

1. a donkey (domestic animal)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ロバ.

See also

• 騾 (ラ)馬 (バ) ‎(raba, “mule”)
• 駃 (ケッ)騠 (テイ) ‎(kettei, “hinny”)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3