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naifu
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
by
Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
naifu
Original script
ナイフ
LWT meaning(s)
the knife(1)
the knife(2)
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Early Modern Japanese [21] (1604–1867)
Lexical stratum
gairaigo
Year
1856
Register
General
Numeric frequency
28.4
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
knife
'knife'
English
knifr
'knife'
Old Norse
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Modernization and Westernization [21]
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