Chinese

尾巴

wěiba
tail
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 6

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Origin

The suffix 巴 may be from 把 (MC paeX, “handle”) (Starostin, 2019).

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Lineage

  • characterChinese尾 “tail (Classifier: 條／条 c; 支 mn)”
    • ideaChinese尸 “a living person who represents the dead person during a rite”
    • ideaChinese毛 “hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c; 支 mn)”
  • characterChinese巴 “python (snake)”

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