チャンプルー
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
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| ちゃんぷるう ちゃんぷるー |
Etymology
Borrowed from Okinawan ちゃんぷるー, in turn from Indonesian campur (“to mix multiple things together”). First appears in Japanese texts from the mid-1960s.[1]
Superficially similar, but probably not directly related, to adjective ちゃんぽん (chanpon, “mixed together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕã̠mpɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝː]
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
Further reading
- チャンプルー page at Kotobank (in Japanese)
- ちゃんぷるー page at Kotobank (in Japanese)
- ちゃんぷるう page at Kotobank (in Japanese)
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