Where does “aisara” come from?
aisara (Pohnpeian) comes from Japanese 灰皿, from Japanese 灰, from Middle Chinese かい.
aisara (Pohnpeian): ashtray
Ancestry of “aisara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 灰皿 | an ashtray |
| 2 | Japanese | 灰 | ash |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | かい | — |