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Proto-Japanese: *sákúra
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: sakura
Russian meaning: сакура
Old Japanese: sakura
Middle Japanese: sákúrà
Tokyo: sàkura
Kyoto: sákúrá
Kagoshima: sakúra
Comments: JLTT 517. Modern dialects point rather to *sákúrá, but RJ has a low tone on the final syllable. The word can hardly be separated from *sák- 'to blossom' (OJ sak-, Tokyo sàk-, Kyoto sák-, Kagoshima - with an irregular tone - sàk-).
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