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kōhii
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
by
Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
kōhii
Original script
コーヒー、珈琲
LWT meaning(s)
the coffee
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007)
Lexical stratum
gairaigo
Year
1886
Register
General
Numeric frequency
42
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
The first café in Japan opened in 1886 in Nihonbashi, Tokyo.
Source words
koffie
'coffee'
Dutch
ķahwa
'coffee'
Arabic
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Modernization and Westernization [21]
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