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kabocha
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
by
Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
kabocha
Original script
カボチャ・南瓜
LWT meaning(s)
the pumpkin or squash
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Early Modern Japanese [21] (1604–1867)
Lexical stratum
wago
Year
around 1700
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Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
The pumpkin was imported to Japan from America via China at the earliest between 1573 and 1592.
Source words
Cambodia
'Cambodia'
Portuguese
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
First European contact [21]
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