MONKEY  猴子

BEAST or animal of any species of the group of mammals closely allied to and resembling man, and ranging from the anthropoid apes to the marmosets; any animal of the order Primates except man and the lemurs. []
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. Hóu 猴 is a general term for small monkeys.

2. Yuán 猿 is a general term for large monkeys.

3. Jū/qū 狙 refers to a macaque.

4. Yù 禺 is a kind of orang-utan with red eyes and a long tail.

5. Xīng 猩 refers to an orang-utan.

6. Yù 狖 refers to a large monkey with a long tail.

7. Róng 狨 refers to a golden monkey.

8. Wèi 蜼 refers to a kind of a large monkey with a long tail and a nose facing upward.

9. Náo 蝚 refers to a kind of a large monkey that is skillful in climbing.

10. Jué 玃 refers to a large monkey.

黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

ANIMAL 8.

猴,獼猴,即恆河猴。

玃,獼猴屬,大獼猴,善攫物與顧盼而名。

狒狒,獼猴屬,一指猩猩,一指留分頭 ” 的紅面猴,引申兼指藏酋猴。

狨,又稱猱,金絲猴通稱,特指川金絲猴,毛最長。

狖,常特指滇金絲猴。

蜼,常特指川、黔金絲猴。

猓然,指白臀葉猴,也指數種金絲猴(包括今已不見的)。

ANIMAL 9. 猿,猿猴通稱,特指長臂猿科的黑長臂猿。

長右,白頰黑長臂猿。

猩猩,褐猿,古代在中國南方分布較廣。

Modern Chinese Criteria
猿猴

猩猩



褐猿

猴子



獼猴

猢猻

山魈

黑猩猩

大猩猩

狒狒

金絲猴

長臂猿

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. 3.76

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 199

    Affe

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 717

    Affe:

    The monkey is commonly depicted in Han reliefs.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.801

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 101

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • 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. 232A

    AFFE

  • Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi ( SINGER 2002) p. 1.43

Words

  jū OC: skha MC: tshi̯ɤ 8 AttributionsWD

Jū/qū 狙 refers to a macaque.

    Syntactic words
  • nkind of monkey, ju-monkey
  • nadNju-monkey's; populated by ju-monkeys; related to ju-monkeysDS
  hóu OC: ɡoo MC: ɦu 6 AttributionsWD

Hóu 猴 is a general term for small monkeys.

    Syntactic words
  • nkind of monkey
  yuán OC: ɢʷan MC: ɦi̯ɐn 5 AttributionsWD

Yuán 猿 is a general term for large monkeys.

    Syntactic words
  • nmonkey
  yòu OC: k-lus MC: jɨu 1 AttributionWD

Yù 狖 refers to a large monkey with a long tail.

    Syntactic words
  • nblack, long-tailed monkey
  shēng OC: sraaŋ MC: ʂɣaŋ 1 AttributionWD

Xīng 猩 refers to an orang-utan.

    Syntactic words
  • na kind of monkey
  náo OC: m-luu MC: nɑu
猱蝚  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 1 AttributionWD

Náo 蝚 refers to a kind of a large monkey that is skillful in climbing.

    Syntactic words
  • nkind of monkey (GUAN; SHIJI) =猱
  yuán OC: ɢʷan MC: ɦi̯ɐn
  yuán OC: ɢʷan MC: ɦi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nkind of money
  yōu OC: qu MC: ʔɨu 1 AttributionWD

náo

    Syntactic words
  • nkind of monkey
  yù OC: ŋos MC: ŋi̯o 1 AttributionWD

Yù 禺 is a kind of orang-utan with red eyes and a long tail.

    Syntactic words
  • nP: kind of monkey (post-Han?)
猿狙  yuán jū OC: ɢʷan skha MC: ɦi̯ɐn tshi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentialmonkey
獮猴  xiǎn hóu OC: smenʔ ɡoo MC: siɛn ɦu 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPREAD xiǎn!!! hóu: kind of monkey
獼猴  mí hóu OC: mel ɡoo MC: miɛ ɦu 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPmonkey
猩猩  xīng xīng MC: seng seng  OC: seeŋ seeŋ CH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPmonkeyCH
狌狌  shēng shēng MC: sraeng sraeng OC: sraaŋ sraaŋLZ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPsome kind of apem, if not a mytical animal (the interpretation is not unanimous and relates to a textological problem) (XUN)LZ
  biān MC: pen OC: peenCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nmonkey of the 獺 sortCH
  róng OC: njuŋ MC: ȵuŋ 0 AttributionsWD

Róng 狨 refers to a golden monkey.

    Syntactic words
  • npost-Han?: golden monkey
  yuán OC: ɢʷan MC: ɦi̯ɐn 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nmonkey œ�
  náo OC: m-luu MC: nɑu 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nmonkey
  mí OC: mel MC: miɛ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nkind of monkey (macacus?)
  jué OC: kʷaɡ MC: ki̯ɐk 0 AttributionsWD

Jué 玃 refers to a large monkey.

    Syntactic words
  • nlarge monkey
  wèi OC: ɢluls MC: ji 0 AttributionsWD

Wèi 蜼 refers to a kind of a large monkey with a long tail and a nose facing upward.

    Syntactic words
  • nK: monkey-like animal
  dú OC: dooɡ MC: duk 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nmonkey, taller than but similar to the 猿
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPmonkeyCH

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