祖語
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Chinese
| ancestor; forefather; grandparents | speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (祖語) | 祖 | 語 | |
| simp. (祖语) | 祖 | 语 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǔyǔ
- Wade–Giles: tsu3-yü3
- Yale: dzǔ-yǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuuyeu
- Palladius: цзуюй (czujuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zou2 jyu5
- Yale: jóu yúh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzou2 jy5
- Guangdong Romanization: zou2 yu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ jyː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
祖語
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 祖 | 語 |
| そ Grade: 5 |
ご Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 祖語 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 祖語 (MC tsuX ngjoX, literally “ancestor + words, language”).
Noun
Etymology 2
Appears to be a repurposing of the earlier Buddhist term as a calque of English proto-language.
Noun
- (linguistics) a proto-language from which later daughter languages evolve
- Synonym: (uncommon) 母語 (bogo)
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN