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oposum
a word from vocabulary
Romanian
by
Kim Schulte
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Word form
oposum
LWT meaning(s)
the opossum
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
19th/20th century [8] (1801–2000)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
Alternatively borrowed via German Opossum.
Source words
opossum
'opossum'
French
apasum
'white animal'
Algonquian (Powhatan)
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Not present
Contact situation
French, Italian and Latin as cultural models [8]
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