Japanese etymology : Query result

Proto-Japanese: *kápárá

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: shallow, sandy place in a river or on its bank

Russian meaning: отмель, песчаное место на реке или на берегу

Old Japanese: kapara

Middle Japanese: kafara

Tokyo: kàwara

Kyoto: káwárá

Kagoshima: kawára

Comments: JLTT 446. The word is usually treated as *kápà 'river' + *pàrà 'plain', but the elision is strange and the accent does not fit. This is most probably a folk-etymology due to secondary phonetic coincidence.