BEWITCH 施魔
DAMAGE USING SUPERNATURAL METHODS.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Words
蠱 gǔ OC: kaaʔ MC: kuo̝ 6 AttributionsWD
The standard word for bewitchment through supernatural obnoxious influences is gǔ 蠱.
- Word relations
- Object: 禦 / 御/FEND OFF
The current general word for keeping someone or something at a distance or hindering an advance against one is yù 禦/御. - Assoc: 巫/SHAMAN
The general word for a shaman is wū 巫, and although this word was perceived to refer specifically to female shamans. - Assoc: 惑/CONFUSED
The standard general word for any kind of confusion is huò 惑 (ant. qīng 清 "be unconfused and clear").
- Syntactic words
- nabactbewitchment, outside noxious influences (typically diseases) brought upon one by others
- vadVdue to bewitchment
- vtoNbewitch and thereby deceive; keep in a state of delusion
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