CAVE  洞穴

CAVITY IN ROCK, TYPICALLY BIG ENOUGH FOR HUMANS to ENTER.
CAVERNGROTTOUNDERGROUND CHAMBERCELLARVAULTCRYPT
Hypernym
  • CAVITYA DEEP HOLE IN a SURFACE.
    • HOLEEMPTY SPACE in a SURFACE.
      • SPACEWhat ALL THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
        • BE INRELATION between a THING AND what that THING FILLS OR PART:partially FILLS....
Modern Chinese Criteria
山洞

岩洞

洞穴

洞壑

山窟

地洞

地道

坑道

坑

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

  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. no. 538

    538. Inter Specum et antrum. Specum Latini, Graeci antrum dicunt. Sunt autem loca ex quibus repercussae voces imaginem referunt.

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    CAVE

    specus refers to a cavity with a perpendicular opening, leading up into a mountain, typically with a wide opening.

    scrobs refers to a temporary pit with an horizontal opening, leading down into the earth, and normally designed to be filled in again.

    caverna refers to a whole in the ground with a round opening.

    spelunca refers to a cavity with reference to its darkness and dreadfulness.

    antrum refers to a grotto as a beautiful object with reference to its romantic appearance and cooling temperature.

    spelaeum is a poetic word referring to the cave as the lurking-hole of a wild beasts.

    fovea refers to a pit meant to remain open or only covered in order to keep or catch wild beasts.

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.398.357

    ANTRE.CAVERNE.GROTTE

  • 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. 76

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 175

Words

穴  xué OC: ɢʷliiɡ MC: ɦet 26 AttributionsWD

    Syntactic words
  • ncaveCH
  • nadVplacein a cave; in caves
  • npost-Nthe cave-home of NCH
  • n{PLACE}adVin caves; in a cave
  • viactlive in caves 穴者
  • vtoNattitudinaluse as caves
窟穴  kū xué OC: khluud ɢʷliiɡ MC: khuot ɦet 4 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentiala cave; caves of all kinds
窟  kū OC: khluud MC: khuot 2 AttributionsWD

    Syntactic words
  • nadVplacein a cave; in caves (perhaps best read as a preposed object, though)
  • nplacecave
山窟  shān kū OC: sreen khluud MC: ʂɣɛn khuot 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPmountain cave

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