WAVE  波浪波

MOVING WATER RESEMBLING MOUNTAIN RIDGE.
BREAKERROLLERCOMBERBOOMERRIPPLEWHITE HORSEBOREBIG KAHUNA(WAVES) SWELLSURFFROTHBACKWASH
Hypernym
  • WATERINTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA.
    • LIQUIDSUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW.
      • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
        • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for water in wave-movement is pō 波.

2. Tāo 濤 is a late word referring to large waves.

3. Lián 漣 and lún 淪 are rare words referring to small ripples in water.

4. Cháo 潮 refers to a flood of considerable dimensions without necessarily connoting high waves.

NB: Làng 浪 is a post-Han general term for waves, and focusses specifically to the crest of waves. In pre-Buddhist times the word means "to flow along".

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

GEOGRAPHY 12. 水波。

波，通稱。

瀾，大波。

濤，洶涌的大浪，比瀾更大。

淪，水的小波紋。

涇，直流的水波，用於流動的江河。

Modern Chinese Criteria
波浪

波

浪

浪頭

浪花

大浪

瀾

濤

怒濤

波濤

波瀾

洪波

激浪

銀山

驚濤駭浪

漣漪

漪瀾

鱗波

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. 1.35

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    WAVE

    aqua refers to water as an element.

    unda refers to water in apparent self-movement.

    fluctus refers to billows of water as moved violently by external factors such as wind.

    fluentum refers to a single wave.

  • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 91

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 55

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 43

  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 59

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 55

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 576

    波，浪，瀾，淪

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.394.353

    ONDES.FLOTS.VAGUES

Words

波  bō OC: paal MC: pʷɑ 4 Attributions

The current general word for water in wave-movement is pō 波.

    Syntactic words
  • nwave as moving, surge of waves
  • nadVlike waves (of water)CH
  • nmpost-Nfigurativethe waters fo NCH
  • vibe characterised by waves
波浪  bō làng OC: paal ɡ-raaŋs MC: pʷɑ lɑŋ 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPwave
招  zhāo OC: kljew MC: tɕiɛu 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactwave
  • vtoNwave (one's hands) 招手
  • vtoNN=personwave to somebodyDS
揮  huī OC: qhul MC: hɨi 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwave to (or perhaps also: splash (someone) with water); wave something
浪  làng OC: ɡ-raaŋs MC: lɑŋ 1 Attribution

Làng 浪 is a post-Han general term for waves, and focusses specifically to the crest of waves. In pre-Buddhist times the word means "to flow along".

    Syntactic words
  • npost-BuddHanhist: wave
瀾  lán OC: ɡ-raan MC: lɑn 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nripples
  • nbiga big wave; note that same characters can be used to write the word for "ripple"
淪  lún OC: ɡ-run MC: lʷin 0 Attributions

Lián 漣 and lún 淪 are rare words referring to small ripples in water.

    Syntactic words
  • nripple, very small wave
漣  lián OC: b-ren MC: liɛn 0 Attributions

Lián 漣 and lún 淪 are rare words referring to small ripples in water.

    Syntactic words
  • nripple, very small wave
潮  cháo OC: daw MC: ɖiɛu 0 Attributions

Cháo 潮 refers to a flood of considerable dimensions without necessarily connoting high waves.

    Syntactic words
  • nflood
濤  tāo OC: duu MC: dɑu 0 Attributions

Tāo 濤 is a late word referring to large waves.

    Syntactic words
  • nlate: huge wave, billows created by strong storm
矜  jīn MC: king OC: klɯŋCH 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwaveCH

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: