MOTHER-IN-LAW    岳母

MOTHER of HUSBAND OR WIFE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a mother-in-law is gū 姑, and this concept was of great importance in ritual practice.
Modern Chinese Criteria
岳母 太母 丈母娘 岳母娘 外姑 外母 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • MOTHER　FEMALE PARENT. (anc: 9/0, child: 1)
  • PARENT　RELATIVE who has ENGENDERED OR BIRTH:given birth to a CHILD. (anc: 8/0, child: 2)
  • RELATIVES　HUMANS who HAVE COMMON ANCESTORS. (anc: 7/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.62

    • Words (2 items)

    姑  gū OC: kaa MC: kuo̝ 19 Attributions

    The standard word for a mother-in-law is gū 姑, and this concept was of great importance in ritual practice.

      Syntactic words
    • nmother-in-law
    • n(post-N)N's mother-in-lawDS
    大人  dà rén OC: daads njin MC: dɑi ȵin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP[post-N]the mother-in-law, my mother-in-law