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taoru

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt

Word form	taoru
Original script	タオル
LWT meaning(s)	the towel
Comments on word	obsolete variants tauru, taweru
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007)
Lexical stratum	gairaigo
Year	1921
Register	General
Numeric frequency	40.6

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	taoru 'towel' English Unidentifiable Germanic
Effect	Insertion
Salience	Present only since contact
Contact situation	Globalization [21]