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denchi
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
by
Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
denchi
Original script
電池
LWT meaning(s)
the battery
Analyzability
analyzable compound
Gloss
den-chi electric-lake
Age
Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007)
Lexical stratum
kango
Year
1874
Register
General
Numeric frequency
54.2
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
2. probably borrowed
Comments
borrowed from the Chinese translation of an American physics publication, “格物入門”.
Source words
diànchí
'battery'
Chinese
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Sinicization [21]
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