atatakai

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
Word form atatakai
Original script 温かい・暖かい
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning Depending on whether it is referring to the weather or to substances, different characters are used.
Comments on word The present form only attested since Modern Japanese, before that it was atataka
Analyzability semi-analyzable
Gloss atata-ka-i ?-AR-AR
Age Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185)
Lexical stratum wago
Year 970
Comparison with Korean Class 2: (the K term means ’hot’): K ttakapw-/ttïkëpw- < *(a-)tata-ka(-p-)-, *ttɔkɔw.. (111, cf. also atsui)
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