On 23:48, Tue, 5 Feb 2019 FOLD , Dee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is the traditional offering stand a sambo, sanpo, sanbo or sanbow?
Hello Dee, It is exactly that, phonetically spelt different ways. The original Japanese says : さんぽう , which is the same sound as sampô, where the sound ô is long. As Fumiaki Shingu writes on Origami Club. One also find : さんぼう (sambô) , as Tomoko Fuse writes. A question of regional accent maybe. ん is "n", and before a sound "b", "p", becomes "m". Sanbow, is an attempt at transcribing the long vowel "o". It comes from one of the first major transcription systems. If written in kanji, you have 三方, which means 3 sides, or 3 directions. And is the same pronunciation as 三宝 the 3 treasures of Buddhism. Just saying. So all in all, it's fun folding it, with or without legs. Keep well, Claire
