Talk:Rowap Berry
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Rowap -> Rowan Plant
Not just the word "Rowan". This is because Japanese loanwords tend to contract loanwords. This also includes Pokémon (ポケモン, pokemon, short for pocket monster). Another example is motorcycle = オートバイ = ootobai, derived and contracted from motorbike.
Rowap = rowan plant = ロワｯプ (rowappu), shortened from ロワンプラント(rowanpuranto).
JudgeSpear 19:40, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
