Why is the word けしゴム is half written in hiragana and half in katakana?
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It just has to do with the words that it is made up of:
消し｛けし｝ comes from 消す｛けす｝which means to erase.
ゴム is a foreign word (usually katakana) meaning gum or rubber.
So you put the two together and you get the amalgam 消し｛けし｝ゴム.
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1@Earthliŋ Teehee, I wish. I actually thought that was how it was spelled :P– ishikunSep 27, 2016 at 16:41
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what were you trying to say? amalgamation? amalgam = a mash-up of metals > google.co.jp/…– MarkSep 28, 2016 at 0:09
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A more technical term might be hybrid word. In general, I think it should be a compound.– Earthliŋ ♦Sep 28, 2016 at 7:35
Because けし comes from the verb and ゴム in itself is a loanword.
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