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chipmunk

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Konzepte

Synonyme

ground-squirrel

Tamias striatus

striped squirrel

striped ground squirrel

Übersetzungen

Eutamias

chipmunk

السنجاب

Tamias

chipmunk

wangzakeekhoorn

écureuil rayé

tamia rayé

tamias

Frequenz

24k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃɪp.mʌŋk/
Etymologie (Englisch)

1832; alteration (influenced by chipping squirrel) of earlier chitmunk, from older Ojibwe ačitamo˙nˀ (“squirrels”) (modern ajidamoo), literally ‘those who descend headlong’, from ačit- (“headfirst, face-down”) (compare modern ajijibizo (“he falls headfirst”), ajidagoojin (“he hangs upside down”)). The English verb developed due to the high-pitched voices of the American puppet and cartoon chipmunks in the group Alvin and the Chipmunks, who later starred in a popular children's TV show in the 1980s.

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