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to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to |
| trad. (死語)
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死
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語
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| simp. (死语)
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死
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Etymology
Calque of English dead language.
Pronunciation
Noun
死語
- (linguistics) dead language
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology
From 死 (shi, “death, dead”) + 語 (go, “language”).
The first sense is a calque of English dead language.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
死語 • (shigo)
- (linguistics) a dead language (language that no longer has native speakers)
- (lexicography) an obsolete word, paleologism
- Synonym: 廃語 (haigo)
- Antonym: 活語 (katsugo)
References
- ^ “死語”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN