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c-JAPANESE-2_ChineseLoanwords.htm

The Crab, Gibon Sengai





JAPANESE LOANWORDS FROM CHINESE



(included in original essay but since deleted)





(14)KX[H]O, *ko:, shell (of lobster, crab) (MJ koo, id.; 176); (IE in k[^]euk-, pearl oyster KX[H]O-F[H]A-KX[H]O-F[H]A)

(17)K[H]O-F[H]A (covering {int.}), *kawa:, skin (-> MJ kawá, id.;*); (IE 2. (s)keu-)

(24)SE-$E, *sei, essence, spirit (-> MJ séi, id.; *); (IE sei-; 2. se:(i)-)

(28)SE-$E-Q[H]A-$E (emission-like-hump-like), *'shki, damp (<- syka:i) (-> MJ shikki, id.; *); (IE sei(n)k[^]- in Old Indian siñcáti, pours out, listed under seik[w]-)

(33)T[H]O-F[H]A-$E, *tsui, pair, couple; (IE s+tew6-, listed under stew6-)

(36)RO-NA, *ron, argument (-> MJ ron, id.;*); (IE *ren- in rent-, matter?; in Egyptian rn, name)

(37)RO-?A (raised-stative=grown), *roa-, old (-> MJ róo-, [in róogo, old age] id.; *); (IE -ro, comparative degree)

(38)PF[H]O (stink), *F1o:, dirty (-> MJ ó-, [in óbutsu, dirt] id.; *); (IE *po:-, basis for 2. pu/u:- ([PF[H]O-F[H]A])

(60)NO-FA (stomach-plural=will), *now1a, brain, talent, ability (-> MJ nóo, id. *); (IE 2. neu-; in neu-dh-)

(75)T[?]SA-?A, *da'a-, large (-> MJ dá-i, id.; *); (IE in dha/a:l-)

(80)N[H]A-$E-T[H]O-F[H]A, *na:i-'twa:, heat, enthusiasm (<- *na:ito:'u:) (-> MJ netsú, id.; *); (IE *le:ito in Middle Welsh llit, anger, listed under leto-)

(90)KX[H]A-F[H]A (hurting), *ku:, pain (<- *ka:'wa:) (-> MJ , id.; *); (IE kau-; ka/a:u-)

(97)MA-?A-$E ('full-like'), *ma:i-, every (-> MJ mai-; id.; *); (IE 4. me:-; 2. ma:-)



Many thanks to
Gerald B. Mathias of the University of Hawaii
for these corrections.





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