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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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