Pika is pronounced “pie-kuh” generally. Pikachu comes from pika pika (japanese onomatopoeia for “sparking/sparkling” usually with the connotation of clean) + chuu (sound a mouse makes/squeak).
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wizzor@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Pika is a real animal?
Gen 1 pokemon really are just funny colored real animals.
CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Actually it comes from pika(-tto), the onomatopoeia for a lightning strike.
Cintari@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not according to an interview by the creator of Pikachu, Atsuko Nishida:
“Since it was an Electric-type Pokémon, I thought ‘pika‘ [the expression of light flashing in Japanese].
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Actually, name of many Pokemon are multi layered
So there is no wrong, but both right
It is the beauty of Pokemon names and even concepts
Watch some lockstin and gnoggin if interested in this topic 😇
CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Yeah I just think it’s kind of neat how the names of English pokemon are formed in a similar way to how they are in Japanese.
CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I think these are the same root?
stray@pawb.social 10 months ago
They’re the same. The “pika” is from “hika”, which refers to light.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Voltorb, Muk, Magnemite, and Mr Mime would all like a word with you
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 months ago
brotlov?
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh they brought a lot of love alright
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bigger lens is better for wildlife photography and long distance shot. Animals scurry away when you try to get close, so it’s best to take a picture from the distance.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 10 months ago
Confusingly, there is the animal in the post that is commonly called pika (Ochotona daurica). What I had to think of first was Pica pica though (the Eurasian magpie)
4am@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
“Ekans” is just “Snake” spelled backwards.
“Muk” is just…oh, oh god
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