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kanpai

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Basque

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin campāna or from one of its Romance descendants.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kanpai inan

  1. bell

Usage notes

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This term is mostly used to describe bigger bells like the ones found in churches, whereas the term to describe handbells would be txilin and doorbells would correspond to txirrin.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “kanpai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “kanpai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Japanese

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Romanization

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kanpai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かんぱい