BOVINE 牛族動物
BIG BEAST or DOMESTIC ANIMAL which has HORNS, AND that SOMETIMES CAN be CAUSED TO PULL PLOUGHS... [BIOLOGY]
Hypernym
- BEASTBIG WILD VERTEBRATE.
- VERTEBRATEANIMAL which HAS a SPINE BONE.
See also
- OXCASTRATED MALE BOVINE.
Hyponym
- MALE BOVINE BOVINE that is MALE.
- OX CASTRATED MALE BOVINE.
- CALF YOUNG BOVINE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for bovines of any kind is niú 牛.
2. Xī 犀 is the standard word for a rhinoceros.
3. Sì 兕 refers to an unidentified large wild ox which was currently hunted in Shang Dynasty times.
4. Máo 旄 refers to the yak-ox generally, famous for profuse growth of hair all over the body and the limbs.
5. Máo 犛 refers to the black yak-ox, but the word is as rare as was, presumably, the animal in central parts of China.
6. Láo 牢 refers to an bovine specially reared for sacrificial person, and the word is ubiquitous in OBI.
7. Xī sì 犀兕 is a generic term referring to rhino-like bovines, and the compound is never referential referring to one specific beast of this kind.
Modern Chinese Criteria
牛類
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
- A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
(
BUCK 1988)
p.
3.15 - A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
(
BUCK 1988)
p.
3.20 - Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen
(
FINSTERBUSCH 1966)
p.
239 Stier:
- Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen
(
FINSTERBUSCH 2000)
p.
750 5.Stiere
- Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen
(
FINSTERBUSCH 2000)
p.
794 Rind:
- Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen
(
FINSTERBUSCH 2000)
p.
805 Stier:
- Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise
(
REY 2005)
p.
1.970 - Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise
(
REY 2005)
p.
4.1248 - Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise
(
REY 2005)
p.
4.1711 - 王力古漢語字典
(
WANG LI 2000)
p.
687 犛,旄
1. WL points out that Sima Xiangru distinguishes between these two, both being long-haired and furry, but ma2o 犛 being black and known only in the south-western regions.
- Encyclopedia of Religion
(
JONES 2005)
p.
CATTLE
- Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages
(
DE VAAN 2008)
p.
bos, bovis 'bovine animal, cattle; ox, bull; cow' [m., f.] (Naev.+). Variants: nom.sg.
bus Varro lx, bouis Varro lx, Petr. Ix, abl.sg. bouid CIL 11.4766, gen.pl. bouerum
Cato, Varro, bouum, bouom Varro. Quint., Fest., bubum Ulp., dat.abl.pl. bubus, bo bus
passim.
Derivatives: bovTle [n.] (Cato+), bubile [n.] (Plaut.+) 'stall for oxen', bubula 'beef
(P1.+), bUbulus 'pertaining to, belonging to cattle' (Naev.+); bubulcus 'one who
ploughs with oxen, herdsman' (Cato+), bubulcitare 'to be a herdsman, keep, feed,
drive oxen' (P1.+); bucetum 'pasture' (Varro+); bucula 'young cow' (Cic.+), buculus
'young bull' (Col.+); bucaeda [m.] 'ox-slaughterer' (PL+); Bubona 'cattle goddess'
(Aug.); bucina 'shepherd's horn, trumpet' (Varro+).
- A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms
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T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004)
p.
NO.133 - Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung
(
FRANKE 1989)
p.
91A
Words
牛 niú OC: ŋɯ MC: ŋɨu 23 AttributionsWD
The current general word for bovines of any kind is niú 牛.
- Word relations
- Subject: 鳴/SOUND
- Object: 牽 / 牽/PULL
Qiān 牽 refers to pulling and leading something in a desired direction. - Object: 飯/FEED
- Epithet: 尾/TAIL
The general word for a tail of any animal, including birds, is wěi 尾. - Contrast: 馬/HORSE
The dominant word for a horse is mǎ 馬. - Assoc: 馬/HORSE
The dominant word for a horse is mǎ 馬.
- Syntactic words
- nbovine; water buffalo
- nadNox-drawn (carts) [[this sort of adjectival usage probably does not need an entry]]; designed for oxen/water buffaloes
- nadNof an ox, bovine (e.g. excrement)LZ
- nadVanalogylike an ox 牛飲 "drink like cattle"
- npost-Nbovine characterised by NDS
- vt[oN]to lead one's oxen (SHI)LZ
兕 sì OC: ziʔ MC: zi 13 AttributionsWD
Sì 兕 refers to an unidentified large wild ox which was currently hunted in Shang Dynasty times.
- Word relations
- Assoc: 虎/TIGER
By far the most common feline in ancient Chinese literature is the hǔ 虎 "tiger".
- Syntactic words
- nperhaps rhinoceros-like wild animal only tentatively identified by biologists, wild buffalo or ox of some kind, commonly mentioned and hunted already in OBI
- nadNmade of rhinoceros horn
犀 xī OC: sliil MC: sei 5 AttributionsWD
Xī 犀 is the standard word for a rhinoceros.
- Syntactic words
- nrhinoceros
- nadNof rhinoceros, rhinoceros-CH
犀兕 xī sì OC: sliil ziʔ MC: sei zi 5 AttributionsWD
Xī sì 犀兕 is a generic term referring to rhino-like bovines, and the compound is never referential referring to one specific beast of this kind.
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialwild buffalo; rhinoceros; (by synecdoche, pars pro toto>) their hide
旄 máo OC: moow MC: mɑu 3 AttributionsWD
Máo 旄 refers to the yak-ox generally or even bovines generally.
- Syntactic words
- nbovine of any kind; yak, long-haired buffalo Cf. máo 犛
犁牛 lí niú OC: riil ŋɯ MC: lei ŋɨu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NP(black) ploughing ox
牢 láo OC: ruu MC: lɑu 0 AttributionsWD
Láo 牢 refers to an bovine specially reared for sacrificial person, and the word is ubiquitous in OBI.
- Syntactic words
- nOBI 5: bovine specially reared for sacrificial purposes, and the word also refers to sheep so used, although the graph is sometimes varied by putting the sheep radical instead of the ox under the roof. Xu's dictionary writes, disarmingly: 用於祭祀之牛羊
犗 jiè OC: kraads MC: kɣɛi 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nyoung ox ???
犛 máo OC: mɢraaw MC: mɣɛu 0 AttributionsWD
Máo 犛 refers to the black yak-ox, but the word is as rare as was, presumably, the animal in central parts of China.
- Syntactic words
- nlong-haired ox; yak
騂旄 xīng máo OC: seŋ moow MC: siɛŋ mɑu 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPred bull
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