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CC-CEDICT

  1. 1.bath
  2. 2.to bathe

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to bathe; to wash; to take a bath
  2. 2.to bathe (in the sun, wind, etc.)
  3. 3.bath

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *loɡ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 谷 (OC *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ) – bathe in water. Schuessler (2007) considers it to be an area word. Within Sino-Tibetan, Chinese, Tibetan, and Tani have a final *-k, while other Tibeto-Burman languages have open syllables; compare Tibetan ལྡུགས (ldugs, “to pour”), Proto-Tani *lɯk (“to pour”), Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-lu(w) (“to pour; to bathe”) (whence Angami [Term?] (rəlu, “to pour”), Garo rua (“to pour”), S'gaw Karen [script needed] (lu, “to pour”), Karbi [Term?] (iŋ lú, “to bathe; to wash”)) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Outside of Sino-Tibetan, compare words in the Pearic languages, such as Chong [script needed] (kʰruk, “to pour”) (Schuessler, 2007). It is unclear how and whether 冶 (OC *laːʔ, “to smelt; to cast”) is related (Schuessler, 2007).

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