cognate in Chinese
cognate in Chinese is 同源词 — cognate means connected by blood or birth; in law, specifically related through the mother's side.
cognate in Chinese
同源词
Pronounced: tóng yuán cí
(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.
同源词
Pronounced: tóng yuán cí
(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
What does "cognate" mean?
- adj Connected by blood or birth; in law, specifically related through the mother's side.
- adj Sharing a common nature or origin with something else.
- adj (linguistics) Coming from the same original word in an earlier language.
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What is "cognate" in Chinese?
"cognate" in Chinese is 同源词. cognate means: Connected by blood or birth; in law, specifically related through the mother's side.
How do you pronounce 同源词?
"cognate" in Chinese is 同源词, pronounced "tóng yuán cí".
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