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  1. 1.swine

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.swine; pig
  2. 2.a surname

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l'eds): semantic 豕 (“pig; boar”) + phonetic 矢 (OC *hliʔ, “arrow”) – a wild boar being shot by an arrow (as opposed to a domesticated pig) From Kra-Dai; compare Proto-Kam-Sui *ʔdlaːi⁵ (“wild pig”), Proto-Hlai *C-ləc (“wild boar”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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