PLURAL SUFFIXES  們儕

SYMBOL of QUANTITY of MANY.
Hypernym
  • PARTICLEA WORD that NOT VERBAL AND NOT NOMINAL. [NOTE THAT THE GRAMMATICAL PARTICLES HAVE NOT BEEN FOCUSSED SO FAR IN THE SYSTEM AND NO SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS HAS BEEN APPLIED SO FAR.]
    • WORDSOUND IMAGE of a CONCEPT. (Leibniz, Couturat p. 432)
      • SOUNDWHAT CAN be HEARD.
        • HEARPERCEIVE SOUND....
Modern Chinese Criteria
們

輩

曹

等

儕

之流

之輩

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

Words

等  děng OC: k-lɯɯŋʔ MC: təŋ 15 AttributionsWD
  • 修行本起經 Xiūxíng běnqǐ jīng Taishō ( XIUXING BENQI JING) p. 470c

  • 中本起經 Zhōng běn-qǐ jīng Taishō ( ZHONGBENQIJING) p. 148a

    我等勤苦

  • 中國古代語法 Zhōngguó gǔdài yǔfǎ The Grammar of Ancient Chinese ( ZHOU FAGAO 1965C) p. 336-338

  • 試論漢魏六朝佛典裡的特殊疑問詞 Shìlun4 Hàn Wèi Liùcháo fódiǎn lǐ de tèshū yíwèncí [On Particular Interrogative Pronouns in Buddhist Scriptures of Han, Wei, and Six Dynasties Periods] 語言研究 Yuyan yanjiu ( ZHU QINGZHI 1990) p. 170-171

    Syntactic words
  • npost-Nlistall of the preceding
  • npost-NN=nonhuplural suffix
  • npost-nproplural suffix 汝等 you; 某等 we; 某甲等 we; (the scope of the plural is often defined by a NP in apposition: 某等兩人 we two people); 爾等 you; 若等 you (Buddhist translations)
  • ppostad.NPpostZHU1marker of a complex plural NP premodified by 諸
  • ppostadNPplural marker after complex or at least multisyllabic nominal
輩  bèi OC: pɯɯls MC: puo̝i 3 AttributionsWD
  • 中國古代語法 Zhōngguó gǔdài yǔfǎ The Grammar of Ancient Chinese ( ZHOU FAGAO 1965C) p. 338-339

    Syntactic words
  • npost-Nplural indicator (early examples in SHISHUO, SANGUOZHI, JINSHU)
  • npost-Nafter animalsplural indicator (after animals) 鼠輩 rats (SHISHUO); 蛇輩 snakes (SANGUOZHI)
  • npost-NN=countedplural morpheme
  • npost-nproplural indicator (following demonstrative pronouns) 是輩 these; 此輩 these; 此輩人 these people (SHISHUO)
  • npost-nproquestionplural indicator (following interrogative pronouns) 誰輩 who? (SHIOSHUO)
  • npostad.Nproplural indicator (after personal pronouns) 我輩 we (JINSHU); 伊輩 they (SHISHUO) 我輩數人（ QYX 切韻序）
家  jiā OC: kraa MC: kɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • npost-NN=humplural indicator (after N with human reference)
等輩  děng bèi OC: k-lɯɯŋʔ pɯɯls MC: təŋ puo̝i 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPpostadNcomplex plural suffix following personal pronouns (typically used in sutra translations)
諸等  zhū děng OC: klja k-lɯɯŋʔ MC: tɕi̯ɤ təŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPall the various
儕  chái OC: dzriid MC: ɖʐɣɛi 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • npost-Nplural suffix (rare!)
屬  shǔ OC: djoɡ MC: dʑi̯ok 0 AttributionsWD
  • 中國古代語法 Zhōngguó gǔdài yǔfǎ The Grammar of Ancient Chinese ( ZHOU FAGAO 1965C) p. 336-338

    Syntactic words
  • npost-Nplural suffix
  • npost-nproplural indicator after personal pronouns (early examples in SJ and HANSHU) 我屬 we; 吾屬 we; 若屬 you; 而屬 you
  • npost-nprosuffixplural marker (after demonstrative pronouns) 此屬 these
曹  cáo OC: dzuu MC: dzɑu 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • npost-Nplural suffix

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