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Some linguistic trivia: the word origami is a Japanese compound of "fold" (折り - ori) and "paper" (紙 - kami), literally translating to "fold paper" (折り紙 - origam
by janneklouman 9y ago
Some linguistic trivia: the word origami is a Japanese compound of "fold" (折り - ori) and "paper" (紙 - kami), literally translating to "fold paper" (折り紙 - origami).
- evincarofautumn 9y agoMore precisely, the verb is 折る (oru) and 折り (ori) is the continuative/noun form, 連用形 (ren’youkei), so it’s “folding paper”.
- meigwilym 9y agoThe parent comment pas paper as 'kami', yet the 'k' morphs into a 'g' in the final word. Is this common in Japanese? I've not seen it much outside of Welsh, my own mother tongue.
- janneklouman 9y agoInteresting. Yes, it's common. If you're interested you can read about it on wikipedia[0] and a bit more in depth here[1]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku [1]: http://linguistics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.001.0001/acrefore-9780199384655-e-280 http://linguistics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/978019...
- janneklouman 9y agoYou're right, thank you for clarifying.