死語
Chinese
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid | speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to | ||
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trad. (死語) | 死 | 語 | |
simp. (死语) | 死 | 语 |
Etymology
Calque of English dead language.
Pronunciation
Noun
死語
- (linguistics) dead language
Synonyms
- 滅絕語言/灭绝语言 (mièjué yǔyán)
- 死語言/死语言 (sǐyǔyán)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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死 | 語 |
し Grade: 3 | ご Grade: 2 |
goon |
Etymology
From 死 (shi, “death, dead”) + 語 (go, “language”).
The first sense is a calque of English dead language.[1]
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) しご [shíꜜgò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [ɕiɡo̞]
Noun
死語 • (shigo)
- (linguistics) a dead language (language that no longer has native speakers)
- (lexicography) an obsolete word, paleologism
- Synonym: 廃語 (haigo)
- Antonym: 活語 (katsugo)
References
- “死語”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN