LICK    舔舐

TOUCH USING one's TONGUE CAUSE TO BECOME MOIST.
PASS ONE'S TONGUE OVERTOUCH WITH ONE'S TONGUETONGUELAP
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for licking is shì 舐. 2. Shǔn 吮 adds to the notion of licking that of sucking. NB: Tiǎn 舔 is post-Buddhist.
Modern Chinese Criteria
舔 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • TOUCH　INTERACT with a SURFACE USING one's FINGERS OR one's BODY. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
  • INTERACT　ACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT. (anc: 12/0, child: 14)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.59

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 118

    • Words (4 items)

    吮  shǔn OC: ɢljunʔ MC: ʑʷin 4 Attributions

    Shǔn 吮 adds to the notion of licking that of sucking.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNto lick and suck
    舐  shì OC:  MC: ʑiɛ 2 Attributions

    The current word for licking is shì 舐.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNto lick at
    咶  huài MC: xweajH OC: -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN(= tian3 舔) lickLZ
    • vtoNconative(= tian3 舔) try to lickLZ
    舔  tiǎn OC: lʰiimʔ MC: them 0 Attributions

    Tiǎn 舔 is a post-Buddhist term for licking

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpost-Han: lick