Where does “ラッパ” come from?
ラッパ (Ainu) comes from Japanese らっぱ, from Chinese 喇叭, from Mongolian ᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ, from Middle Chinese 螺貝.
ラッパ (Ainu): trumpet
Ancestry of “ラッパ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | らっぱ | 喇叭 bugle, trumpet; 乱波 spy, ruffian |
| 2 | Chinese | 喇叭 | horn; suona; laba |
| 3 | Mongolian | ᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ | sea shell; conch; conch trumpet |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 螺貝 | — |