樺太
Chinese
Betula japonica | too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest | ||
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trad. (樺太) | 樺 | 太 | |
simp. (桦太) | 桦 | 太 |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 樺太 (Karafuto).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
樺太
- (~島) Alternative name for 庫頁/库页 (Kùyè, “Sakhalin”).
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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樺 | 太 |
から Jinmeiyō (ateji) | ふと Grade: 2 (ateji) |
irregular | kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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唐太 |
![](Images/wiktionary/Sakhalin_(Island).PNG.webp)
樺太 (Karafuto): the island of Sakhalin.
From Ainu カラㇷ゚ト (Karapto).
The kanji spelling was decided upon during the creation of the first administrative district in Hokkaido during the Meiji period.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what is original meaning of Ainu term?”)
Alternative forms
- 樺太 (Kabafuto)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) からふと [kàráfútó] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠ɸɯ̟ᵝto̞]
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Proper noun
樺太 • (Karafuto)
- Karafuto, Sakhalin (an island today in Russia and formerly claimed by Japan)
Synonyms
- サハリン (Saharin, “Sakhalin”)
- 薩哈嗹 (Sagaren, “Saghalien”)
Derived terms
- 樺太犬 (Karafuto inu)
- 樺太玉 (Karafuto-dama)
- 樺太千島交換条約 (Karafuto-Chishima Kōkan Jōyaku)
- 樺太松 (Karafuto matsu)
- 北樺太 (Kita-Karafuto)
- 南樺太 (Minami-Karafuto)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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樺 | 太 |
かば Jinmeiyō (ateji) | ふと Grade: 2 (ateji) |
kun’yomi |
From the kun (mis)reading of the first kanji 樺 (literally “birch”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) かばふと [káꜜbàfùtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA(key): [ka̠ba̠ɸɯ̟ᵝto̞]
Proper noun
樺太 • (Kabafuto)
- Alternative form of 樺太 (Karafuto, “Karafuto, Sakhalin (an island today in Russia and formerly claimed by Japan)”)
- 1925 April 10, 伯剌西爾時報 (Burajiru Jihō) [News of Brazil], number 391, page 7:
- 日本は日露協約に基き四日に北樺太撤兵を終了し同地統治をソウイエト政府に引渡した
- Nihon wa Nichi-Ro Kyōyaku ni motozuki yokka ni Kita-Kabafuto teppei o shūryō shi dōchi tōchi o Sowieto seifu ni hikiwatashita
- Following the Japanese–Russian Agreement, Japan concluded its withdrawal from North Sakhalin on the 4th and transferred control to the Soviet government.
- 日本は日露協約に基き四日に北樺太撤兵を終了し同地統治をソウイエト政府に引渡した
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Derived terms
- 北樺太 (Kita-Kabafuto)
- 南樺太 (Minami-Kabafuto)