DONKEY  

DOMESTICAL ANIMAL [ASINUS]
ASSJACKASSJENNYMULEHINNYBURRO
Hypernym
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for the ass, not very commonly used in ancient China, was lu �驢.

2. Luó 騾 refers to the mule.

Modern Chinese Criteria
驢

驢子

毛驢

長耳公

公驢

叫驢

牡驢

母驢

草驢

牝驢

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. 3.46

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.319

  • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

    asinus 'ass, donkey' [m. o] (P1.+)

    Derivatives: asina 'she-ass' (Var.+), asellus 'ass, donkey' (Varro+), asinarius

    'connected with asses' (P1.+).

  • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 6.348

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.47.32

    ANESSE.BOURIQUE

Words

驢  lǘ OC: ɡ-ra MC: li̯ɤ 13 Attributions

The standard word for the ass, not very commonly used in ancient China, was lǘ 驢.

    Syntactic words
  • ndonkey
  • nadVplaceon donkey-back
  • nderogatory'donkey' (used as insult)
騾  luó OC: rool MC: lʷɑ 2 Attributions

Luó 騾 refers to the mule.

    Syntactic words
  • nmule

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: