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bei4
a word from vocabulary
Mandarin Chinese
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Thekla Wiebusch
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Word form
bei4
Original script
背
LWT meaning(s)
to carry on shoulder
Word meaning
carry on the back (also: to turn the back on)
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Zhou dynasty [22] (-1050–-476)
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Loanword Information
Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
Comments
the meaning ,to carry’ is much later, only attested after 200 CE (see Schuessler 2007 160, Baxter); Schuessler 2007: etymology: Proto Mon Khmer: *[d]
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