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dōkutsu

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt

Word form	dōkutsu
Original script	洞窟
LWT meaning(s)	the cave
Analyzability	analyzable compound
Gloss	dō-kutsu cave-hole?
Age	Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007)
Lexical stratum	kango
Year	1893
Register	General
Numeric frequency	0

Loanword Information

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	dòngkū 'cavern' Chinese
Effect	Coexistence
Salience	Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation	Sinicization [21]