WOLD -

mokuzai

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt

Word form	mokuzai
Original script	木材
LWT meaning(s)	the wood
Analyzability	analyzable compound
Gloss	moku-zai tree-material
Age	Early Modern Japanese [21] (1604–1867)
Lexical stratum	kango
Year	1861
Register	General

Loanword Information

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