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Proto-Japanese: *tùmpákì
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: Camelia
Russian meaning: камелия
Old Japanese: tubakji
Middle Japanese: tùbákì
Tokyo: tsúbaki
Kyoto: tsùbákì
Kagoshima: tsubakí
Comments: JLTT 552. It is interesting to note MKor. toŋpăik, mod. toŋbäk 'camelia': it is regarded as Sino-Korean, but written as "winter cypress" (冬柏), a character and meaning combination unattested in Chinese. With a great probability, therefore, MKor. toŋpăik is borrowed from Jpn. (not vice versa, as suggested by Martin ibid.).
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