母猴
Chinese
female; mother | monkey | ||
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simp. and trad. (母猴) | 母 | 猴 |
Pronunciation
Noun
母猴
- female monkey
Etymology 2
The first syllable may be an old pre-initial (Schuessler, 2007).
Likely cognate with 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː, “macaque”), 獼猴 (OC *mnel ɡoː, “macaque”) and 馬猴/马猴 (mǎhóu, “macaque”).
Pronunciation
Noun
母猴
- (Classical Chinese) macaque