樺太

Chinese

Betula japonica
 
too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
trad. (樺太)
simp. (桦太)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 樺太 (Karafuto).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

樺太

  1. (~島) Alternative name for 庫頁库页 (Kùyè, “Sakhalin”).

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
から
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
ふと
Grade: 2
(ateji)
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
唐太
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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らふと [kàráfútó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠ɸɯ̟ᵝto̞]
  • (file)

Proper noun

(から)(ふと) • (Karafuto) 

  1. Karafuto, Sakhalin (an island today in Russia and formerly claimed by Japan)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • 樺太(からふと)(いぬ) (Karafuto inu)
  • 樺太(からふと)(だま) (Karafuto-dama)
  • 樺太(からふと)()(しま)交換(こうかん)条約(じょうやく) (Karafuto-Chishima Kōkan Jōyaku)
  • 樺太(カラフト)(マツ) (Karafuto matsu)
  • (きた)樺太(からふと) (Kita-Karafuto)
  • (みなみ)樺太(からふと) (Minami-Karafuto)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かば
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
ふと
Grade: 2
(ateji)
kun’yomi

From the kun (mis)reading of the first kanji (literally birch).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ばふと [káꜜbàfùtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ba̠ɸɯ̟ᵝto̞]

Proper noun

(かば)(ふと) • (Kabafuto) 

  1. Alternative form of 樺太 (Karafuto, Karafuto, Sakhalin (an island today in Russia and formerly claimed by Japan))
Derived terms
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