LAME  

ILLNESS of being NOT ABLE to MOVE one's LEGS OR ARMS. 
PARALYSISLIMPINGHOBBLINGCRIPPLEDDISABLEDINCAPACITATEDPARALYSED
Hypernym
  • ILLNESSTYPICALLY TEMPORARY DEFECT of the BODY OR MIND of HUMANS OR of the BODY of ANIMALS.
    • DEFECTBAD FEATURE in something GOOD OR LACK of a DESIRED GOOD FEATURE.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • STUMBLETo FALL to the GROUND BECAUSE of a MISTAKE in USING ONE'S FEET.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for lameness in any part of the body, including arms and legs is wěi 痿.

    2. Wāng 尪 refers to deformation of back, chest or leg, and a person with this infirmity is typically a dwarf.

    3. Bì 躄 refers to lameness in both legs.

    4. Bì 痹 refers to complete loss of feeling in a leg.

    黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    HUMAN BODY 8.

    痿,手或足軟弱無力、肌肉枯細、筋脈弛緩的疾病。

    痹,風寒濕邪侵襲人體導致關節肌肉疼痛等的疾病,程度輕於痿;唐代後以中風後肌膚不仁為痹。

    ?? ,感受風邪後,肌肉頑木沉重,不知痛癢寒熱,痹癥中較嚴重者。

    痱與偏枯在先秦兩漢,指兩種中風病:偏枯指半身不遂,字書稱 “??” ;痱更心傷神失,病癥更重。

    癱瘓,六朝方書已出現,屬於運動神經障礙。

    麻,知覺遲鈍,是知覺神經發生的障礙。

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.94

    Words

      kū OC: khaa MC: khuo̝ 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nabstativesomeone who is lame 偏枯 "a hemioplegic"
    • viparalysed 偏枯 "be hemioplegic??"
      wěi OC: qrol MC: ʔiɛ 3 AttributionsWD

    The current general word for lameness in any part of the body, including arms and legs is wěi 痿.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturelameness
    • vilame
    • vichangebecome lame
      bì OC: pids MC: pi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vibe numb; lame
      Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 1 AttributionWD

    Bì 躄 refers to lameness in both legs.

      Syntactic words
    • vibe lame; be numb
      bì OC: peɡ MC: piɛk 1 AttributionWD

    Bì 躄 refers to lameness in both legs.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNlame
    • vibe lame in both legs
    偏枯  piān kū OC: phen khaa MC: phiɛn khuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe hemioplegic
      tiào 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vilame (so that one has to jump)LZ
    跛蹇  bǒ jiǎn MC: paX kjenX OC: paalʔ kranʔCH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPab(.post-N)featurelameness, having limbs rotting awayCH
      wāng OC: qʷaaŋ MC: ʔɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD

    Wāng 尪 refers to deformation of back, chest or leg, and a person with this infirmity is typically a dwarf.

      Syntactic words
    • vibe crippled in back, chest, or leg (See also HUNCHBACK)
      qué OC: ɡʷal MC: gʷɑ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vicolloquial, post-Han: lame

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