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tsuku (1)
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
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Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
tsuku (1)
Original script
着く
LWT meaning(s)
to follow
to arrive
Word meaning
“arrive”, “follow (a person to some place)”.The latter almost always with a compound verb that indicates the direction: tsuite iku when away from interlocutor, and tsuite kuru when towards interlocutor.
Comments on word
accent on first mora
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Old Japanese [21] (710–794)
Lexical stratum
wago
Year
万葉集 (after 8th century)
Comparison with Korean
Class 1: K tah-, < MK tah- < *tɔx- (5, cf. tsugi)
Register
General
Numeric frequency
514.8
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
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