スループ

Japanese
スループ (surūpu): a typical sloop rig.

Etymology

First appears in texts from the mid-1800s.[1][2]

Some sources derive this as borrowed from English sloop.[2][3] Others derive this as borrowed from either English sloop or Dutch sloep.[1][4]

A derivation from either English or Dutch is possible. However, considering Japan's policy of 鎖国 (sakoku, literally “closed country”), the history of 蘭学 (rangaku, literally “Holland studies”), relatively limited contact with the English-speaking world prior to US Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan in 1853, and the appearance of this term in 1849,[2] Dutch may be the more likely source. Consider also that the English word itself is a borrowing from the Dutch.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) スル​ープ [sùrúꜜùpù] (Nakadaka – [2])[3]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝːpɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

スループ • (surūpu) 

  1. a sloop (single-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft rig)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. “スループ”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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