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danshi
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
by
Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
danshi
Original script
男子
LWT meaning(s)
the boy
Analyzability
analyzable compound
Gloss
dan-shi man-child
Age
Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185)
Lexical stratum
kango
Year
1120
Register
General
Numeric frequency
69.1
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
alternative reading nanshi, attested in the 16th century.
Source words
nánzi
'boy'
Chinese
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Chinese bilingualism [21]
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