ELEPHANT 大象
INTENSELY BIG BEAST which HAS IVORY TEETH AND A LONG TRUNK.
Hypernym
- BEASTBIG WILD VERTEBRATE.
- VERTEBRATEANIMAL which HAS a SPINE BONE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for the elephant is xiàng 象, and there are no common near-synonyms.
Modern Chinese Criteria
大象
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
- A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
(
BUCK 1988)
p.
3.77 - Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen
(
FINSTERBUSCH 1966)
p.
228 Elefant, gefluegelt; als Reittier
- Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen
(
FINSTERBUSCH 2000)
p.
737 Elefant; Elefant als Reittier:
A surprising number of depictions of Elephants are collected and described.
Words
象 xiàng OC: sɢlaŋʔ MC: zi̯ɐŋ 12 AttributionsWD
The standard word for the elephant is xiàng 象, and there are no common near-synonyms.
- Syntactic words
- nelephant
大象 dà xiàng OC: daads sɢlaŋʔ MC: dɑi zi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPelephant
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