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An Etymological Note on "Biqi"

作　　者：魏钢强[1] 

机构地区：[1]二十一世纪出版社,南昌330009

出　　处：《方言》2004年第3期260-266,共7页Dialect

摘　　要："荸荠"之名来自本指肚脐的"脖脐",这或许因荸荠的球茎形似脐突,或许因其匍匐茎象脐带之形。"脖脐"的派生义转指植物,形旁变成草字头,"荸荠"遂成为该义项的专用字。"荸荠"的"荠"读音与中古反切不合,读的其实是"脐"字的音;直到明代其正规写法也还是肉月旁的"臍"。The term 'biqi' (荸荠, or water chestnut) is originated from 'boqi' (脖脐, or navel), perhaps because the corm of water chestnut looks like protruding navel, or because its stolon shapes like the umbilical cord. One derived meaning of 'boqi' (脖脐) refers to the plant, with its meaning element transferred to the character part of 'caozitou' (艹) to form 荸荠, which has become the special term for this plant meaninig. The pronunciation of the word '荠' (qi) in 'biqi' is not conformed to 'fanqie' in the middle ancient period, and it actually takes the pronunciation of the word 脐. Up to the Ming Dynasty (1368 -1644), the standard writing of 'qi' was still 脐 with the character part of 'rouyuepang'

关 键 词：“荸荠” “脖脐” 派生义 词汇 本字 

分 类 号：H139[语言文字—汉语]