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ge1ge
a word from vocabulary
Mandarin Chinese
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Thekla Wiebusch
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Word form
ge1ge
Original script
哥哥
LWT meaning(s)
the older brother
Word meaning
older brother
Comments on word
reduplication
Analyzability
analyzable derived
Gloss
ge1 - ge [older.brother-REDUPL]
Age
Tang dynasty [22] (618–917)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
Comments
Old Chinese word: xiong1 兄, gege as reduplication is not borrowed, only the simple form
Source words
akan/abkan; ?; age
'address term for elder brother/father'
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