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CC-CEDICT

  1. 1.(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil

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  1. 1.armpit; underarm; axilla
  2. 2.axil

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *laːɡ): semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 夜 (OC *laːɡs). Originally written 亦, see there for more. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak ~ *C-jak (“arm; hand; wing”), either via *jak (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007) or *lak (Shi, 2000; Handel, 2009). Compare Mizo zak (“armpit”), Tibetan ལག་པ (lag pa, “arm; hand”), Burmese လက် (lak, “arm; hand”).

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