WOLD -

katsurei

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt

Word form	katsurei
Original script	割礼
LWT meaning(s)	the circumcision
Analyzability	analyzable compound
Gloss	katsu-rei divide-rite
Age	Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007)
Lexical stratum	kango
Year	1886
Register	General
Numeric frequency	0

Loanword Information

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Comments	Neologism candidate
Source words	gēlĭ 割禮 'religious circumcision' Chinese
Effect	Insertion
Salience	Not present
Contact situation	Sinicization [21]