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gibo

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt

Word form	gibo
Original script	義母
LWT meaning(s)	the stepmother
Analyzability	analyzable compound
Gloss	gi-bo duty-mother
Age	Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007)
Lexical stratum	kango
Year	1874
Register	General
Numeric frequency	0

Loanword Information

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	yìmŭ 'stepmother' Chinese
Effect	Coexistence
Salience	Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation	Sinicization [21]