User:Frigoris/Disyllabic given names in OC

Possible Disyllabic Morphemes in Pre-Qin Names edit

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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 > (OC *tju), hence 洲鳩 from the Shijing.
    • but see 朱勾 (OC *tjo koː), who was non-Chinese
    • 州吁 (OC *tju qʰʷa/ɢʷas), aka. 祝吁 (OC *tjuɡ qʰʷa/ɢʷas), possibly sandhi'ed.
  • 夜姑 (OC *laːɡs kaː) ~ 射姑 (OC *laːɡs/laːɡ kaː) ~ la ka ~ ka la, cf.: (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 edit

Pre-Han edit

  • [= (OC *ɢʷen)] (OC *teː) of 鼓 (狄) (Zuozhuan, Year XV of Zhao)
    • >? (OC *b·ron)鞮氏 of Xiongnu? (Hanshu) >? (OC *kʰa, *qʰa) (OC *ren) (OC *deː, *deːs) (Houhanshu) > 赫連 (MC xaek ljen) [< (OC *qʰraːɡ)]
    • *ɢ[w~r]en.[t/d]eː > [k/q]ʰ[r]a-[k/g]ren.[t/d]eː ? or as some sort of prefix to *[w~r]en.[t/d]eː ?
    • see also: 閼氏 (OC *qran kje), 焉支 (OC *qran kje); as /*k.deʔ/, as /*ke/
    • Name of the same person recorded as (OC *qonʔ, *qons) (OC *kje) /*[ʔ]o[r]ʔ.ke/ in the Guoyu.
    • Other (possibly related) names:
      • (OC *ko) (OC *kje) ~ /*ko.ke/
      • (OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː) (OC *reːls, *rel, *rels) ~ /*ŋ[ˁ](r)a.raj(s)/
  • 由余 (OC *lɯw la), cf. Middle Chinese 嘍囉 (MC luw la)

Han era edit