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Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
母猴
- female monkey
Synonyms
Etymology 2
The first syllable may be an old pre-initial (Schuessler, 2007).
Likely cognate with 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː, “macaque”), 獼猴 (OC *mnel ɡoː, “macaque”) and 馬猴／马猴 (mǎhóu, “macaque”).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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母
|
猴
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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9288
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5141
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Phonetic
component
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母
|
侯
|
Rime
group
|
之
|
侯
|
Rime
subdivision
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0
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
母
|
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*mɯʔ/
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/*ɡoː/
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Noun
母猴
- (Classical) macaque