User:Frigoris/Disyllabic given names in OC
Possible Disyllabic Morphemes in Pre-Qin Names
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Popular names
edit- 嬰齊 (OC *qeŋ zliːl/zliːls) possibly not disyllabic, 嬰 = chain, chord (jewellery); 齊 = dress, lower garment?
- 州鳩 (OC *tju ku), 州仇 (OC *tju ɡu), possibly not disyllabic, as 州 > 洲 (OC *tju), hence 洲鳩 from the Shijing.
- 夜姑 (OC *laːɡs kaː) ~ 射姑 (OC *laːɡs/laːɡ kaː) ~ la ka ~ ka la, cf.: 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ), 於菟 (OC *qaː daː), legendary place name 姑射 (OC *kaː laːɡs/laːɡ), also tiger 於檡 (OC *qaː rlaːɡ)
- 蒯聵 (OC *kʰruːds ŋɡruːds)
- 夷吾 (OC *lil ŋraː/ŋaː) ~?possibly not disyllabic?~ 宜臼 (OC *ŋral ɡuʔ) ~ 杵臼 (OC *ŋ̊ʰjaʔ ɡuʔ)
Other names
edit- 州蒲 (OC *tju baː)
- 僰馬 (OC *bɯːɡ/brɯɡɡ mraːʔ)
- 詭諸 (OC *krolʔ tjaː/tja)
- 申生 (OC *hlin sʰleːŋ/sreŋs)
- 奚齊 (OC *ɡeː zliːl/zliːls)
- 渥濁 (OC *qroːɡ rdoːɡ)
- 雍渠 (OC *qoŋ/qoŋs ɡa)
- 彌牟 (OC *mnel mu)
- 徵在 (OC *tɯʔ/tɯŋ zlɯːʔ/zlɯːs) (Confucius's mother)
- Consider the vowel harmony in this sentence: 言在不稱徵言徵不稱在 (OC *ŋan zlɯːʔ/zlɯːs pɯ tʰjɯŋ tɯʔ/tɯŋ ŋan tɯʔ/tɯŋ pɯ tʰjɯŋ zlɯːʔ/zlɯːs)
- 句茲 (OC *koː/koːs/kos/ɡo ʔsɯ/zɯ)
- 濁鄒 (OC *rdoːɡ ʔsru), 讎由 (OC *ɡju lɯw), 涿聚 (OC *rtoːɡ zloʔ/zlos)
- 目夷 (OC *muɡ lil)
- 掘突 (OC *ɡlod/ɡlud tʰuːd/duːd)
- 就魁 (OC *zuɡs kʰuːl)
- 摯紅 (OC *tjibs ɡoːŋ)
- 它成 (OC *l̥ʰaːl djeŋ)
- 韋龜 (OC *ɢʷɯl kʷɯ/kʷrɯ), 圍龜 (OC *ɢʷɯl/ɢʷɯls kʷɯ/kʷrɯ)
- 奚恤 (OC *ɡeː sqʰʷiɡ)
- 胡亥 (OC *ɡaː ɡɯːʔ)
Foreign-origin
editPre-Han
edit- 䳒[=鳶 (OC *ɢʷen)]鞮 (OC *teː) of 鼓 (狄) (Zuozhuan, Year XV of Zhao)
- >? 攣 (OC *b·ron)鞮氏 of Xiongnu? (Hanshu) >? 虛 (OC *kʰa, *qʰa)連 (OC *ren)題 (OC *deː, *deːs) (Houhanshu) > 赫連 (MC xaek ljen) [< 赫 (OC *qʰraːɡ)]
- *ɢ[w~r]en.[t/d]eː > [k/q]ʰ[r]a-[k/g]ren.[t/d]eː ? 攣 or 虛 as some sort of prefix to *[w~r]en.[t/d]eː ?
- see also: 閼氏 (OC *qran kje), 焉支 (OC *qran kje); 氏 as /*k.deʔ/, 支 as /*ke/
- Name of the same person recorded as 苑 (OC *qonʔ, *qons)支 (OC *kje) /*[ʔ]o[r]ʔ.ke/ in the Guoyu.
- Other (possibly related) names:
- 由余 (OC *lɯw la), cf. Middle Chinese 嘍囉 (MC luw la)
Han era
edit- 毋 (OC *ma)寡 (OC *kʷraːʔ) (/*mo[C.k]ʷˁraʔ/) ~ something-κράτος (krátos)/-κράτης (krátēs) or something-κλῆς (-klês)?
- Ἑρμοκράτης (Hermokrátēs), Τιμοκράτης (Timokrátēs)? Πολυκράτης (Polukrátēs) would have made a good phono-semantic matching?
- 昧 (OC *mɯːds)蔡 (OC *sʰlaːds) (/*mˤ[u][t]-s.r̥ˤat-s/) ~ Μίθρας (Míthras), Μιθριδάτης (Mithridátēs), Μιθριτίδης (Mithritídēs)?
- 蟬 (OC *djan)封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) (/*[d]a[r].p(r)oŋ/) ~ Δημοφῶν (Dēmophôn)? Or something-φρων (-phrōn)?
- Δαΐφρων (Daḯphrōn)?
- 延 (OC *lan, *lans)留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus) /*la[m|n]C.ru/ ~ Λαμπρός (Lamprós)? Genitive Λαμπροῦ m sg (Lamproû)