腋
/jɛ⁵¹/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•armpit; underarm; axilla · axil · alternative form of 掖 (“to help; to assist”)
Etimoloji
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *laːɡ): semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 夜 (OC *laːɡs). Originally written 亦, see there for more. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak ~ *C-jak (“arm; hand; wing”), either via *jak (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007) or *lak (Shi, 2000; Handel, 2009). Compare Mizo zak (“armpit”), Tibetan ལག་པ (lag pa, “arm; hand”), Burmese လက် (lak, “arm; hand”).