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JP nekoma

*⟨ni1a-ko1ma⟩ → ⟨ne1ko1ma⟩ → /nekoma/

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of にゃ (nya, “onomatopoeia for the sound a cat makes (compare English mew, meow)”) +‎ こま (koma, “four-legged animal”).

Obsolete; replaced by shorter form neko in modern Japanese.