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Where does “侍ふ” come from?
侍ふ (Japanese) comes from Japanese さ, from Middle Chinese 左.
侍ふ
(Japanese): to serve
Definitions
to serve
Ancestry of “侍ふ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Japanese
さ
third person personal pronoun; they; -ness;...
2
Middle Chinese
左
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Words derived from “侍ふ”
forty
Y
Tony
yer
crisp
scanty
stony
hairy
forties
swarthy
poppy
samurai
swampy
flabby
scantily
cany
crisply
laparoscopy
tacky
crispy
pricey
Gordy
Pauly
flabbergasted
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