舅
Meanings
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- 1.maternal uncle
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- 1.maternal uncle (mother's brother)
- 2.brother-in-law (wife's brother)
- 3.father-in-law (wife's father or husband's father)
- 4.feudal prince of a different surname (to an emperor)
- 5.official of a different surname (to a feudal prince)
- 6.used in species names to indicate naming after a similar species
- 7.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡuʔ): phonetic 臼 (OC *ɡuʔ) + semantic 男 (“male; man”). Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kuʔ (“elder brother; senior male relative”); compare Tibetan ཨ་ཁུ (a khu), ཁུ་བོ (khu bo, “father's brother”), Burmese အစ်ကို (ackui, “elder brother”) (Sagart, 2017d; STEDT). Possibly related to 舊 (OC *ɡʷɯs, “old; ancient”), 昆 (OC *kuːn, “elder brother”) (Sagart, 1999; STEDT); see there for more.
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Derived terms
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Related words
舅舅 mother's brother舅婆 grandmother's brother's wife家舅 (polite) my maternal uncle舅父 mother's brother舅爷 father's maternal uncle外舅 (literary) father-in-law舅公 grandmother's brother舅嫂 wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law舅母 wife of mother's brother舅哥 (coll.) wife's older brother舅子 (coll.) wife's brother舅妈 (coll.) aunt