婆娑

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Chinese[edit]

grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (婆娑) 婆 娑
simp. #(婆娑) 婆 娑
alternative forms 媻娑
anagram 娑婆

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 婆 娑
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 戈 (95) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 薄波切 素何切
Baxter ba sa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/buɑ/ /sɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/buɑ/ /sɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/buɑ/ /sɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bwa/ /sa/
Li
Rong 		/buɑ/ /sɑ/
Wang
Li 		/buɑ/ /sɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱuɑ/ /sɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pó suō
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		po4 so1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 婆 娑
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pó suō
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ba › ‹ sa ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[b]ˁa[j]/ /*[s]ˁa[j]/
English 婆娑 saunter, dance 婆娑 saunter, dance

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 婆 娑
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 9734 11019
Phonetic
component 		皮 沙
Rime
group 		歌 歌
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		婆 娑
Old
Chinese 		/*baːl/ /*saːl/
Notes 爾雅用於婆娑，
廣韻老母乃如集韻同媻

Adjective[edit]

婆娑

  1. (literary) dancing; frolicking
  2. (literary, of trees, etc.) having luxuriant foliage
  3. (literary, of tears) dripping
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