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→Rowap -> Rowan Plant: Katakana
JudgeSpear (talk | contribs) (New page: ==Rowap -> Rowan Plant== Not just the word "Rowan". This is because Japanese loanwords tend to contract loanwords. This also includes Pokémon (ポケモン, ''pokemon'', short for ''pock...) |
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Not just the word "Rowan". This is because Japanese loanwords tend to contract loanwords. This also includes Pokémon (ポケモン, ''pokemon'', short for ''pocket monster''). Another example is motorcycle = [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4 オートバイ] = ''ootobai'', derived and contracted from ''motorbike''. | Not just the word "Rowan". This is because Japanese loanwords tend to contract loanwords. This also includes Pokémon (ポケモン, ''pokemon'', short for ''pocket monster''). Another example is motorcycle = [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4 オートバイ] = ''ootobai'', derived and contracted from ''motorbike''. | ||
Rowap = rowan plant = ''rowappu'', shortened from ''rowanpuranto''. | Rowap = rowan plant = ロワｯプ (''rowappu''), shortened from ロワンプラント(''rowanpuranto''). | ||
[[User:JudgeSpear|JudgeSpear]] 19:40, 27 August 2007 (UTC) | |||