bugsãan-kugre

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Etymology

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A neologism created in 2021. Calque of Dutch koolstof and Calque of Japanese 炭素, with the last part changed to stone as a semantic loan from Chinese, where the element type is indicated in the radical. bugsãanɛ (charcoal) +‎ kugre (stone), literally "charcoal stone"

Pronunciation

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/bùg.sã́ː.nɛ́.kúg.ɾé/

Noun

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bugsãan-kugre

  1. carbon