ORIGINALLY  本來本

At the MOMENT when something BEGAN.
AT) FIRSTIN/AT THE BEGINNINGTO BEGIN WITHINITIALLYIN THE FIRST PLACEAT THE OUTSET
Antonym
  • ENDLATE LIMIT of a PERIOD OR REACH the LATE LIMIT of a PERIOD.
    Hypernym
    • ORIGINPAST as DISTANT OR NEAR CAUSE of SOMETHING.
      • PASTPERIOD BEFORE NOW.
        • TIMEABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN.
          • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
    See also
    • BEGINENDURINGLY STOP NOT to ACT OR to BE RESEMBLING:as in the PAST.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The general word is běn 本 (ant. jìng 竟 "in the end") and refers to the crucial and formative early stage in any development.

      2. Chū 初 (ant. jīn 今 "nowadays") is purely chronological and does not imply any formative influence of the beginning stage.

      3. Shǐ 始 "originally" (ant. zhōng 終 "in the end") does imply a strict continuity of development from the beginnings to later stages.

      4. Sù 素 "primordially" (ant. jīn 今 "nowadays") emphasises the primordial and essential purity of the earliest phase of something.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      本來

      原來

      原本

      原有

      固有

      故

      舊

      老

      初

      原

      原始

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Words

      本  běn OC: pɯɯnʔ MC: puo̝n 10 AttributionsWD

      The general word is běn 本 (ant. jìng 竟 "in the end") and refers to the crucial and formative early stage in any development.

        Word relations
      • Ant: 後/THEREUPON Hòu 後 (ant. qián 前 "before") is a general word indicating that something happens later than something else.

        Syntactic words
      • nadVoriginally; basically
      • nadV.adNoriginally
      • vt+prep+Noriginate from
      始  shǐ OC: lʰɯʔ MC: ɕɨ 7 AttributionsWD

      Shǐ 始"originally" (ant. zhōng 終 "in the end") does imply a strict continuity of development from the beginnings to later stages.

        Syntactic words
      • vadSin the very beginning, originally
      本來  běn lái OC: pɯɯnʔ m-rɯɯ MC: puo̝n ləi 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadV(since the origin >) originally
      本自  běn zì OC: pɯɯnʔ sblids MC: puo̝n dzi 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVfrom its origin > from birth, inherently, fundamentally; basically; naturally
      素  sù OC: saas MC: suo̝ 2 AttributionsWD

      Sù 素 "primordially" (ant. jīn 今 "nowadays") emphasises the primordial and essential purity of the earliest phase of something.

        Syntactic words
      • v[adN]earlier thoughts; previous plans; original ideas
      • vadVbasically, originally
      初  chū OC: tshra MC: ʈʂhi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD

      Chū 初 (ant. jīn 今 "nowadays") is purely chronological and does not imply any formative influence of the beginning stage.

        Word relations
      • Epithet: 起/ARISE The most current general word for something arising is probably qǐ 起 (ant. zhǐ 止 "cease to exist"). [GENERAL]

        Syntactic words
      • nadVfor the first time, first; originally
      元來  yuán lái OC: ŋɡon m-rɯɯ MC: ŋi̯ɐn ləi 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadSoriginally, fundamentally
      幸自  xìng zì OC: ɢreeŋʔ sblids MC: ɦɣɛŋ dzi 1 AttributionWD
      • () p. 1199c

        本自，原來 (examples from early Tang)

      • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 394

        本自，本

        Syntactic words
      • VPadVoriginally, fundamentally (early Tang)
      窮本  qióng běn OC: ɡʷɯŋ pɯɯnʔ MC: guŋ puo̝n 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVlogicinvestigating the origin > originally, fundamentally
      窮源  qióng yuán OC: ɡʷɯŋ ŋɡon MC: guŋ ŋi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVlogicinvesitgating it to the origin > originally > as a mastter of fact (based on the evidence)
      起  qǐ OC: khɯʔ MC: khɨ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVoriginally

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