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くゎっぱん【活版】 : kwappan | define meaning

kwappan

Pronunciation: [kʷappaŋ̍]

Definition

Noun

Printing; letterpress printing

Etymology

Cognate with Okinawan くゎっぱん kwappan; and standard Japanese かっぱん【活版】 kappan "printing". Ultimately from Chinese 【活版】 "printing; moveable type" (cf. Mandarin huóbǎn; Cantonese wut6 baan2).

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「くわッぱん」活版（クワツパン）".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	活版
Kana	くゎっぱん
New Okinawa Moji	彩っぱん
Romanization	kwappan
Pronunciation (IPA)	[kʷappaŋ̍]

意味：かっぱん【活版】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, February 1). くゎっぱん【活版】 : kwappan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, March 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6838/kwappan/.