WIDOW    寡婦

WIFE BEREAVED of her HUSBAND OR WOMAN LACKING a HUSBAND.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 HUMAN AFFAIRS 29. UNMARRIED LADY 寡，老而無夫的婦人或有夫獨守的婦人。 孀，喪夫之婦，方言詞。 嫠，喪夫之婦。 怨女，超過婚齡而無夫的女性。 巫兒，留家不嫁的長女。
Modern Chinese Criteria
寡婦 孤孀 孀婦 孀娥 孀老 遺孀 半邊人 未亡人 寡妻 孀雌 嫠婦 望門寡 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • WIFE　MARRIED FEMALE MATE. (anc: 9/0, child: 5)
  • MATE　ADULT with whom one COPULATES. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.76

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    VIDUA

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 941

    • Words (6 items)

    夫人  fū rén OC: pa njin MC: pi̯o ȵin 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP(post-N)widow
    • NPpost-Npro(his) widowCH
    嫠  lí OC: ɡ-rɯ MC: lɨ 3 Attributions

    Shuāng 孀 and the rarer lí 嫠 "widow".

      Syntactic words
    • nadNwidowed; bereaved of the husband
    • nsubject=humanwidowZUO
    寡  guǎ OC: kʷraaʔ MC: kɣɛ 3 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • nwidow
    • n{PRED}malebecome a widower
    孀  shuāng OC: sqraŋ MC: ʂi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution

    Shuāng 孀 and the rarer lí 嫠 "widow".

      Syntactic words
    • nplurthe widows
    • vtoNpassivebe widowed
    寡女  guǎ nǚ OC: kʷraaʔ naʔ MC: kɣɛ ɳi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPwidow (but are we sure that this is not also used for orphans)
    寡婦  guǎ fù OC: kʷraaʔ buʔ MC: kɣɛ bɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPwidow