甲比丹
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 甲 | 比 | 丹 |
| か Grade: S (ateji) |
ぴ Grade: 5 (ateji) |
たん Grade: S (ateji) |
| irregular | on'yomi | |
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 甲 | 比 | 丹 |
| か Grade: S (ateji) |
ぴ Grade: 5 (ateji) |
てん Grade: S (ateji) |
| irregular | ||
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 甲必丹 but altered with 比 (pi). The Literary Chinese term is from Hokkien 甲必丹 (Kap-pit-tan), which is from Malay kapitan, which is from Portuguese capitam (“captain”). The カピテン (Kapiten) reading though comes from Dutch kapitein (“captain”).
Noun
甲比丹 or 甲比丹 • (kapitan or kapiten)
- obsolete spelling of カピタン／カピテン (Kapitan/Kapiten)