OVINE  羊羊

SMALL FURRY DOMESTIC ANIMAL USED FOR PRODUCING WOOL OR MILK. []
GOATSHEEP
Hypernym
Hyponym
  • EWE　FEMALE OVINE.
    • LAMB　YOUNG OVINE.
      • RAM　MALE OVINE.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. Yáng 羊 is the general word referring indifferently to what in English is a sheep, a goat, or a ram.

        2. Gāo 羔 refers to a young goat or sheep.

        3. Zāng 牂 refers to a female goat or sheep.

        4. Yú 妤羭 is a colloquialism for a goat or a sheep.

        5. Jié 羯 castrated sheep.

        NB: According to ERYA fán 羳 refers to a goat/sheep with yellow belly, and goats/sheep with curved horns are called guǐ 觤 (ERYA). Fèn 羒 refers to a male goat or sheep.



        ERYA （三）羊屬。

        19·28 羊，牡羒，牝牂。

        19·29 夏羊，牡羭，牝羖。

        19·30 角不齊，觤；角三觠，羷。

        19·31 羳羊，黃腹。

        19·32 未成羊，羜。

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        羊

        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. 3.36

        • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.37

        • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

          GOAT

          caper is the general word for a he-goat.

          hircus is an old full-grown he-goat.

          haedus is a goat kid.

        • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 251

          Widder:

        • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 798

        • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 835

          Widder:

        • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 837

          Ziege:

        • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

        • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. NO. 42

        • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO. 42

        • 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. 91B

        Words

        羊  yáng OC: k-laŋ MC: ji̯ɐŋ 12 AttributionsWD

        Yáng 羊 is the general word referring indifferently to what in English is a sheep, a goat, or a ram.

          Word relations
        • Oppos: 虎/TIGER By far the most common feline in ancient Chinese literature is the hǔ 虎 "tiger".

          Syntactic words
        • ngoat; sheep; CHECK THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE GOAT IN ANCIENT CHINA.
        羔  gāo OC: klaaw MC: kɑu 5 AttributionsWD

        Gāo 羔 refers to a young goat or sheep.

          Syntactic words
        • nyoung goat; lamb
        • n[adNm.]adN(clothing) made of goat (skin)
        羖  gǔ OC: kaaʔ MC: kuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • n(black) ram
        羜  zhù OC: daʔ MC: ɖi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • nlamb
        羭  yú OC: lo MC: ji̯o 1 AttributionWD

        Yú 妤羭is a colloquialism for a goat or a sheep.

          Syntactic words
        • nsheep
        󰩁  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • npenned sheep
        牂  zāng OC: skaaŋ MC: tsɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD

        Zāng 牂 refers to a female goat or sheep.

          Syntactic words
        羒  fén OC: bɯn MC: bi̯un 0 AttributionsWD

        NB: According to ERYA fán 羳 refers to a goat/sheep with yellow belly, and goats/sheep with curved horns are called guǐ 觤 (ERYA). Fén 羒 refers to a male goat or sheep.

          Syntactic words
        羝  dī OC: tiil MC: tei 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nram
        羯  jié OC: kad MC: ki̯ɐt 0 AttributionsWD

        Jié 羯 castrated sheep.

          Syntactic words
        • npost-Han?: castrated ram; fat sheep/goat
        羳  fán OC: ban MC: bi̯ɐn 0 AttributionsWD

        NB: According to ERYA fán 羳 refers to a goat/sheep with yellow belly, and goats/sheep with curved horns are called guǐ 觤 (ERYA). Fén 羒 refers to a male goat or sheep.

          Syntactic words
        萈  huán OC: ɡoon MC: ɦʷɑn 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nmountain sheep (SHUOWEN) ™�
        觤  guǐ OC: krolʔ MC: kiɛ 0 AttributionsWD

        NB: According to ERYA fán 羳 refers to a goat/sheep with yellow belly, and goats/sheep with curved horns are called guǐ 觤 (ERYA). Fèn 羒 refers to a male goat or sheep.

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