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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
母艦
- mother ship
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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 母 (bo, “mother”) + 艦 (kan, “warship”), calque of English mother ship. First used during the Meiji period (1868–1912).
Pronunciation
Noun
母艦 • (bokan)
- a mother ship, a tender (watercraft)
1894, 大本營海軍參謀部 (Dai Hon'ei Kaigun Sanbō-bu, “Imperial HQ, Navy Staff Section”), 聯合艦隊出征報告 (Rengō Kantai Shussei Hōkoku, “Report on Combined Fleet Campaigns”), page 183:
- 「本隊ノ六隻第二遊撃隊ノ六隻本隊附属八重山、天城ノ二艦(磐城ハ本隊ト行違ニ淺水灣ニ赴ケルモノ、如シ近江丸ハ本日佐世保ヨリ到着ノ見込)外ニ第一遊撃隊ノ秋津洲、水雷艇隊ノ母艦山城丸」
- Hontai no rokuseki daini yūgekitai no rokuseki hontai fuzoku Yaeyama, Amagi no nikan (Iwaki wa hontai to yukichigai ni Sensui-wan ni omomukeru mono, gotoshi Ōmi-maru wa honjitsu Sasebo yori tōchaku no mikomi) gai ni daiichi yūgekitai no Akitsushima, suiraitei-tai no bokan Yamashiro-maru
- Aside from two warships belonging to Yaeyama and Amagi, attached to six ships of the second floating column, six ships of the main force (the Iwaki to miss the main force and head to Repulse Bay, likewise the Ōmi-maru expected to arrive from Sasebo today), the first floating column's Akitsushima and the torpedo-boat squad mothership Yamashiro-maru
- Short for 航空母艦 (kōkū bokan, “aircraft carrier”).
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN