TAIL    尾巴

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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for a tail of any animal, including birds, is wěi 尾. 2. Máo 旄 can refer specifically to the tail of a bovine.
Modern Chinese Criteria
尾 尾巴 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
Hypernym
    Other Hypernyms
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
    • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
    • N/A　 (anc: 3/0, child: 85)
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.18

    • Words (3 items)

    尾  wěi OC: mɯlʔ MC: mɨi 15 Attributions

    The general word for a tail of any animal, including birds, is wěi 尾.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 牛/BOVINE The current general word for bovines of any kind is niú 牛.
    • Oppos: 首/HEAD The standard word for the head is shǒu 首.

      Syntactic words
    • ntail (of beasts or birds)
    • nabfigurativetail end> end, final state; what things ends up as
    • npost-Nof garments: tailendCH
    旄  máo OC: moow MC: mɑu 2 Attributions

    Máo 旄 can refer specifically to the tail of a bovine.

      Syntactic words
    • ntail of a bovine, specifically of a yak
    馬尾  mǎ wěi OC: mraaʔ mɯlʔ MC: mɣɛ mɨi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPhorse's tail