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 3 weeks ago
Pika is a real animal?
Gen 1 pokemon really are just funny colored real animals.
CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Actually it comes from pika(-tto), the onomatopoeia for a lightning strike.
Cintari@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
I think these are the same root?
stray@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
They’re the same. The “pika” is from “hika”, which refers to light.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Voltorb, Muk, Magnemite, and Mr Mime would all like a word with you
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
brotlov?
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh they brought a lot of love alright
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
“Ekans” is just “Snake” spelled backwards.
“Muk” is just…oh, oh god
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