DUMB  啞

LACK of ABILITY to HEAR.
MUTESPEECHLESSTONGUE-TIEDSILENTAT A LOSS FOR WORDSTACITURNUNCOMMUNICATIVEUNTALKATIVETIGHT-LIPPEDCLOSE-MOUTHEDINFORMAL MUM
Antonym
  • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
    Hypernym
    • ILLNESSTYPICALLY TEMPORARY DEFECT of the BODY OR MIND of HUMANS OR of the BODY of ANIMALS.
      • DEFECTBAD FEATURE in something GOOD OR LACK of a DESIRED GOOD FEATURE.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
          • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
    See also
    • DEAFLACK the ABILITY to HEAR.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The general term for phenomena of dumbness of any kind, lasting or not, is yīn 喑／瘖

      2. Yǎ 啞 (also written with the illness radical in SJ) is a later word for the same thing, current from Han times.

      黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
      HUANG JINGUI 2006

      HUMAN BODY 6. 發聲異常。

      瘖（喑、闇），多因疾病暫不能發聲。

      啞，漢以後表因生理缺陷或疾病而不能說話或發音困難，至近代逐漸代替了 “ 喑 ” 。

      喝、沙，均表示聲音嘶啞：嘶重在表示聲音的破散不清揚，喝重在語音的低微，沙重在聲音又細又破散。

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      啞

      喑

      喑啞

      沙啞

      倒

      失音

      倒嗓

      倒倉

      嘶啞

      嗓音失潤

      first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis 18.11.2003. CH

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.96

      • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 757

      Words

      瘖  yīn OC: qrɯm MC: ʔim
      喑  yīn OC: qrɯm MC: ʔim 7 AttributionsWD

      The general term for phenomena of dumbness of any kind, lasting or not, is yīn 喑／瘖

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 聾/DEAF The general word for deafness of any kind, congenital or not, is lóng 聾 (ant. tīng 聽 "able to hear").

        Syntactic words
      • v[adN]nonreferentialthe dumb; those who are dumb
      • vibe dumb; MO: be physically unable to speak
      • vichangebecome dumb
      啞  yǎ OC: qraaʔ MC: ʔɣɛ 2 AttributionsWD

      Yǎ 啞(also written with the illness radical in SJ) is a later word for the same thing, current from Han times.

        Word relations
      • Inconsist: 語/SPEAK Yǔ 語 is to say something as part of typically informal conversation. Contrast yù 語 "tell, inform" in REPORT.
      • Assoc: 喑/DUMB The general term for phenomena of dumbness of any kind, lasting or not, is yīn 喑／瘖

        Syntactic words
      • v[adN]nonreferentialthe dumb; those who are dumb
      • vidumb, mute
      喑  yīn OC: qrɯm MC: ʔim 2 AttributionsWD

      The general term for phenomena of dumbness of any kind, lasting or not, is yīn 喑／瘖

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 啞/DUMB Yǎ 啞(also written with the illness radical in SJ) is a later word for the same thing, current from Han times.

        Syntactic words
      • v[adN]nonreferentialthe dumb; those who are dumb
      嗄  shà OC: sqraas MC: ʂɣɛ 1 AttributionWD

        Word relations
      • Result: 嚎號 / 號/SHOUT Háo 號 refers specifically to shouting as an expression of grief or as part of a public announcement.

        Syntactic words
      • vichangebecome hoarse; loose one's voice
      瘖啞  yīn yǎ OC: qrɯm qraaʔ MC: ʔim ʔɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPibe dumb

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