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banana
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
by
Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
banana
Original script
バナナ (obsolete kanji 実芭蕉)
LWT meaning(s)
the banana
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Early Modern Japanese [21] (1604–1867)
Lexical stratum
gairaigo
Year
1860
Register
General
Numeric frequency
12.2
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
banana
'banana'
English
banana
'banana'
Spanish
Effect
Replacement
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Modernization and Westernization [21]
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