SPIT    吐唾

ISSUE SALIVA ETC. FROM one's MOUTH.
SALIVASPITSPITTLEDRIBBLEDROOLSLAVERSLOBBERGOBSPUTUM
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word spitting is tuò 唾. 2. Xiè 瀉 is to bring up deep down from the stomach rather than the throat. 3. O ㄆ歐／嘔 is to be ill and spit out involuntarily. 4. Yí 洟 is used to refer to mucus from the nose, but there are cases where the word seems to refer to saliva. NB: Tǔ 吐 "to spit" is post-Buddhist.
Modern Chinese Criteria
吐 唾 啐 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • VOMITISSUE FOOD FROM the MOUTH.
Hypernym
  • ISSUE　SEND OUT. (anc: 17/0, child: 6)
  • SEND　COMMAND OR CAUSE something OR someone to MOVE OR BE MOVED to a PLACE. (anc: 16/0, child: 2)
  • COMMAND　ADDRESS someone, USING AUTHORITY, INTENDING to CAUSE that person to ACT RESEMBLE:as one INTENDS him to ACT. (anc: 15/0, child: 8)
Other Hypernyms
  • ISSUEnew-a80170a5-4201-417f-8170-a54201217f15　SEND OUT. (anc: 16/3, child: 6)
  • SENDnew-d9328389-0ed2-4195-b283-890ed2a195f3　COMMAND OR CAUSE something OR someone to MOVE OR BE MOVED to a PLACE. (anc: 15/2, child: 2)
  • COMMANDnew-64400543-79c1-45c0-8005-4379c115c025　ADDRESS someone, USING AUTHORITY, INTENDING to CAUSE that person to ACT RESEMBLE:as one INTENDS him to ACT. (anc: 14/1, child: 8)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.56

    • Words (4 items)

    吐  tǔ OC: kh-laaʔ MC: thuo̝ 7 Attributions

    NB: Tǔ 吐"to spit" is post-Buddhist.

      Word relations
    • Oppos: 茹/EAT Rú 茹 is to eat a routine meal in order to still one's hunger.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNspit; stick out (the tongue)
    • vtoNfigurativespit out and utter (words, in a hurry)
    唾  tuò OC: thools MC: thʷɑ 6 Attributions

    The current word spitting is tuò 唾.

      Syntactic words
    • nmspittle
    • viactspit on the ground
    • vtoNspit out
    • vtoNN=goalspit on NDS
    • vtoNN=placespit in the place N
    吐著  tǔ zhuó OC: kh-laaʔ k-laɡ MC: thuo̝ ʈi̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNspit into (one's hands etc)
    嘔歐  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions

    Ǒu 歐／嘔 is to be ill and spit out involuntarily.

      Syntactic words