吃
/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•to eat; to consume · to absorb (a liquid) · to swallow up; to absorb; to annex
Etimoloji
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kɯd): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 乞 (OC *kʰɯds, *kʰɯd) – "to stutter". The phonetic component could add part of the meaning since it has the phonetically borrowed meaning of "begging" (i.e., trying to talk but with difficulties). According to folk etymologies, 乞 in this character indicates that, while stuttering, less air comes from the mouth (compare 气,…