Etymograph

English

Wuchiu

Wuchiu comes from Mandarin 烏坵//.

  1. Mandarinmodern烏坵//Wūqiū
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1936Wuchiu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern烏坵//Wūqiū
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1936Wuchiu

Earliest quotation: 1936, Edwin A. Falk, Togo and the Rise of Japanese Sea Power: “He departed with the Naniwa and the Hashidate²⁰ for…”

Today it means

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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 烏坵// / Wuchiu