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somatsu
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
by
Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
somatsu
Original script
粗末
LWT meaning(s)
rough(1)
Analyzability
analyzable compound
Gloss
so-matsu coarse-end
Age
Middle Japanese [21] (1185–1603)
Lexical stratum
kango
Year
室町中 mid-Muromachi
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General
Numeric frequency
0
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
2. probably borrowed
Comments
This term is not attested in Chinese, so it could be a Japanese coinage. Mandarin uses cūcào.
Source words
cūmò
'rough'
Chinese
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Sinicization (possible neologism) [21]
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