DUCK  鴨子

DOMESTIC ANIMAL in the form of a SMALL WATER BIRD.
Hypernym
  • BIRDSKINDS of BIRD.
    • BIRDANIMAL that HAS TWO LEGS AND WINGS.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Wù 鶩 is the domestic duck.

2. Fú 鳧 is the wild duck.

3. Yuān yāng 鴛鴦 refers to mandarin ducks, often a pair.

NB Yā 鴨 is post-Buddhist and refers to the domestic duck.

Modern Chinese Criteria
鴨

鴨子

家鴨

鶩

北京鴨

填鴨

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. 3.57

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 738

    Ente:

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.1219

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  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 92B

Words

鳧  fú OC: ba MC: bi̯o 9 AttributionsWD

Fú 鳧 is the wild duck.

    Syntactic words
  • nwild duck (much appreciated as a delicacy)
鶩  wù OC: mos MC: mi̯o 6 AttributionsWD

Wù 鶩 is the domestic duck.

    Syntactic words
  • ndomestic duck
鴛鴦  yuān yāng OC: qon qaŋ MC: ʔi̯ɐn ʔi̯ɐŋ 6 AttributionsWD

Yuān yāng 鴛鴦 refers to mandarin ducks, often a pair.

    Syntactic words
  • nnadNmandarin-duck-like
  • nnpluralmandarin duck, also known as "love-ducks"
鴦  yāng OC: qaŋ MC: ʔi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nfemale mandarin duck

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