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shiruku
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
by
Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
shiruku
Original script
シルク
LWT meaning(s)
the silk
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007)
Lexical stratum
gairaigo
Year
1912
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Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
silk
'silk'
English
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Modernization and Westernization [21]
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