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The modern form 牦 seems to be an abbrev. of 犛 (omitting 𠩺 entirely, which had lost its phonetic value), and adding combining 毛 máo (as in 氂) to replace the phonetic (now phonosemantic). Yak fiber/wool had many traditional uses, and it seems that the animal and its derived products were conflated in trade with people who never saw the animals, but only the tails/wool/rope/etc. | The modern form 牦 seems to be an abbrev. of 犛 (omitting 𠩺 entirely, which had lost its phonetic value), and adding combining 毛 máo (as in 氂) to replace the phonetic (now phonosemantic). Yak fiber/wool had many traditional uses, and it seems that the animal and its derived products were conflated in trade with people who never saw the animals, but only the tails/wool/rope/etc. | ||
Compare: 犛() máo/lí ‘long-haired (long-tailed) yak’; 㲠 lí ‘tail of a yak’ (Wieger, p. 627). | Compare: 犛() máo/lí ‘long-haired (long-tailed) yak’; 㲠 lí ‘tail of a yak’ (Wieger, p. 627). | ||
− | Compare: | + | Compare: 氂 lí “舊主”, 氂 máo “新只” (《李氏中文字典》, p. 299). |
− | + | Compare: MC 氂 /lji/ (061.54) ‘hair; small, fine’, /mɑu/ (156.12) ‘pennon of ox-tails; ox-tail’ (SBGY; glossed here as in GSR; cf. 旄). | |
HDZ: 牦 : máo : (牛名) 犛/牦牛 (犏牛) | HDZ: 牦 : máo : (牛名) 犛/牦牛 (犏牛) | ||
#rD.3.1803.18 M.4358 KX..698.08 B.082.0.04 | #rD.3.1803.18 M.4358 KX..698.08 B.082.0.04 | ||
− | # | + | #c牛毛牜 |
#y moih\ | #y moih\ | ||
</WL> | </WL> |
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