祖語
Chinese edit
ancestor; forefather; grandparents | speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to | ||
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trad. (祖語) | 祖 | 語 | |
simp. (祖语) | 祖 | 语 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
祖語
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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祖 | 語 |
そ Grade: 5 |
ご Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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祖語 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Chinese 祖語 (MC tsuX ngjoX, literally “ancestor + words, language”).
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Appears to be a repurposing of the earlier Buddhist term as a calque of English proto-language.
Noun edit
- (linguistics) a proto-language from which later daughter languages evolve
- Synonym: (uncommon) 母語 (bogo)
References edit
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN