沐猴
Chinese edit
phonetic | monkey | ||
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trad. (沐猴) | 沐 | 猴 | |
simp. #(沐猴) | 沐 | 猴 |
Etymology edit
The ancient Chu dialect word for "macaque". The first syllable in 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː) and 母猴 (OC *mɯʔ ɡoː, “macaque”) (found in pre-Qin texts) may be an old pre-initial (Schuessler, 2007).
Likely cognate with 母猴 (OC *mɯʔ ɡoː, “macaque”), 獼猴 (OC *mnel ɡoː, “macaque”) and 馬猴/马猴 (mǎhóu, “macaque”).
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Noun edit
沐猴
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Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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沐 | 猴 |
もく > もっ Hyōgaiji |
こう Hyōgaiji |
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