DROUGHT  旱

LACK of EXPECTED RAIN.
DRY SPELLLACK OF RAINSHORTAGE OF WATER
Hypernym
  • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
    • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
      • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for wealther conditions of drought is hàn 旱.

2. Hàn 暵 is reconstructed as common in OBI referring to scorching and parching heat.

Modern Chinese Criteria
旱

大旱

久旱

亢旱

田地龜裂

旱魃為虐

赤地千里

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • nab : 17
    • vi0 : 10
    • vi : 9

    Attributions by text

    • 春秋左傳 : 7
    • 禮記 : 6
    • 管子 : 5
    • 荀子 : 4
    • 孟子 : 4
    • 說苑 : 2
    • 莊子 : 2
    • 墨子 : 1
    • 淮南子 : 1
    • 呂氏春秋 : 1
    • 毛詩 : 1
    • 韓非子 : 1
    • 史記 : 1

    Words

    旱  hàn OC: ɡaanʔ MC: ɦɑn 36 AttributionsWD

    The current general word for wealther conditions of drought is hàn 旱.

      Syntactic words
    • nabeventa drought; short period of famine
    • vibe stricken by drought; be characterised by drought 歲旱
    • vi0there is a drought
    暵  hàn OC: qhlaans MC: hɑn 0 AttributionsWD

    Hàn 暵 is reconstructed as common in OBI referring to scorching and parching heat.

      Syntactic words
    • viOBI: be all parched (as fields)

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