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ArchivesRe: Is "ban" a suffix with a meaning?
in reply to a message by Dragoncat
"-Ban" 番 is, in fact, a suffix with meaning in Japanese. It means "number," so ichiban ー番 is "number one," niban 二番 "number two," and so forth. However, the syllable "dun" not only doesn't mean anything, but isn't possible in the Japanese phonological system, so Dunban doesn't appear to be a name with genuine Japanese roots.
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