鞄語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鞄 語
かばん
Jinmeiyō
ご
Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Etymology

鞄 (kaban, “bag”) +‎ 語 (go, “word”), calque of English portmanteau word.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

鞄(かばん)語(ご) • (kabango) 

  1. (linguistics) portmanteau word

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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