Etymograph

English

kendama

Kendama comes from Japanese けん玉 ‘a Japanese bilboquet’.

  1. Japanesemodernけん玉けんだま, kendama‘a Japanese bilboquet’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017kendama

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodernけん玉けんだま, kendama‘a Japanese bilboquet’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017kendama

Earliest quotation: 2017, Mike Ives, As Hong Kong Ponders Its Future Under Beijing, Politics Infu: “An especially haunting work, “If the Moment Came,” is…”

Every English word from Japanese けん玉

Today it means

noun A traditional Japanese toy with an attached ball that can be caught in any of three cups or on a spike.

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Etymograph / Japanese けん玉 / kendama

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