Etymology

oicho-kabu

Today it means: A traditional Japanese gambling game similar to baccarat and the Korean game seotda, played with kabufuda or hanafuda cards, where the goal is to achieve a hand scoring as close to 9 points as possible. Full definition →

Japanese おいちょかぶ ← Portuguese oito
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The story

  1. Portuguese · derived fromcabo“end”
  2. Portuguese · derived fromoito“eight”
  3. Japanese · borrowed fromおいちょかぶ
  4. English todayoicho-kabu

Borrowed from Japanese おいちょかぶ (oicho-kabu). Compound of オイチョ (oicho, “the 8 card”) + カブ (kabu, “the 9 card”), borrowed from Portuguese oito (“eight”) and Portuguese cabo (“end”, for being the highest card) respectively.

Words from the same roots

Portuguesecabo all →

kabufuda

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