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jitensha
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
by
Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
jitensha
Original script
自転車
LWT meaning(s)
the bicycle
Analyzability
analyzable compound
Gloss
ji-ten-sha self-rotate-wheel
Age
Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007)
Lexical stratum
kango
Year
1878
Register
General
Numeric frequency
40.6
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
4. very little evidence for borrowing
Comments
This is evidently a Japanese coinage. Mandarin uses zìxíngchē or jiăotàchē. Frequency for jiten.
Source words
Unidentifiable
Chinese
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Sinicization (possible neologism) [21]
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