駃騠
Chinese edit
phonetic | |||
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trad. (駃騠) | 駃 | 騠 | |
simp. (𫘝𫘨) | 𫘝 | 𫘨 |
Etymology edit
Pulleyblank (1962) proposes a Yeniseian origin; he compares it to Ket [script needed] (kus), Kott [Term?] (huś), Pumpokol [Term?] (kut) ~ kus, all descending from Proto-Yeniseian *kuʔs (“horse”).
Schuessler (2007) notes similarity to Tocharian B yakwe (“horse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
駃騠
- (literary) hinny
- (historical) a kind of steed
- 其畜之所多則馬、牛、羊,其奇畜則橐駞、驢、驘、駃騠、騊駼、驒騱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Qí xù zhī suǒ duō zé mǎ, niú, yáng, qí qí xù zé luòtuó, lǘ, luó, juétí, táotú, tuóxí. [Pinyin]
- Their (the Xiongnu's) livestock are mainly horses, oxen, and sheep; their peculiar livestock are camels, donkeys, mules, jueti, taotu, and tuoxi.
其畜之所多则马、牛、羊,其奇畜则橐驼、驴、骡、𫘝𫘨、𫘦𬳿、𱅛𫘬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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駃 | 騠 |
けつ > けっ Hyōgaiji |
てい Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a hinny (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)