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himitsu
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
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Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
himitsu
Original script
秘密
LWT meaning(s)
secret
Analyzability
analyzable compound
Gloss
hi-mitsu secret-secret
Age
Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185)
Lexical stratum
kango
Year
984
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General
Numeric frequency
54.2
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
In unannotated Chinese text around 900.
Source words
mìmì
'secret'
Chinese
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Chinese bilingualism [21]
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