Where does “simpung” come from?
simpung (Chuukese) comes from Japanese 新聞, from Middle Chinese 新聞.
simpung (Chuukese): newspaper; television show
Definitions
- newspaper; television show
Ancestry of “simpung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 新聞 | news; newspaper |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 新聞 | — |