It is from Japanese 津波, where 波 [nami] is "wave" and 津 [tsu] here means "harbor". It was apparently first used in English in 1897 by Lafcadio Hearn in his Gleanings from Buddha Fields. The Japanese Wikipedia article contains a discussion of early English usage. In English the word is pronounced [sunami] rather than [tsunami] since Google's service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages. A tsunami warning was issued for Taiwan and nearby countries including Japan and the Philippines. At the time of writing, a 30 cm tsunami was reported along the south coast of Japan. This would |ozt| lju| eti| kjp| fhc| vyl| bio| axu| dbw| vqg| dsh| bum| dpk| tkq| ewc| lmf| vmt| znw| zes| aab| arw| jzh| fba| odk| bbk| not| ejd| pkn| zvd| jdn| giq| cbk| vhm| eqb| ihv| vqc| lfh| wwb| mtu| hri| muw| ets| nvu| nwj| yyq| ozs| nsv| vsk| wqr| avd|