Japanese Words and Names Sound African. Why?

Re:Japanese Words and Names Sound African. Why? by shiomiru on Sunday June 16, 2024 @04:52PM (#40700000)

Fair; though I didn't say it's impossible, just unlikely :)

Japanese words starting with "p" still exist, but they tend to be loanwords (pokemon = pocket + monster) or onomatopoeia (pachinko = pachin + ko). Thinking of it now, pokapoka is also a word, but again, an onomatopoeia.

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Re:Japanese Words and Names Sound African. Why? by thih9 on Sunday June 16, 2024 @05:36PM (#40700323)

I thought of Pocky, but turns out this is an onomatopoeia too

> It was named after the Japanese onomatopoeic word pokkiri (ポッキリ), which is supposed to resemble the sound of the snack being cracked.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocky

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Re:Japanese Words and Names Sound African. Why? by latentsea on Sunday June 16, 2024 @06:11PM (#40700550)

What about パクリ? and ぽっかり?

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Re:Japanese Words and Names Sound African. Why? by naniwaduni on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @04:53AM (#40715466)

Those belong to the "onomatopoeic" stratum; you can form e.g. ぱくり・ぱっくり・ぱくぱく・ぱくっと.

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