乳菇
Chinese
| breast; milk | mushroom | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (乳菇) | 乳 | 菇 | |
| simp. #(乳菇) | 乳 | 菇 | |
| variant forms | 奶菇 乳姑 奶姑 | ||
Etymology
Bauer (1987) suggests that the suffix 菇 is derived from an Austro–Tai word for “head” (compare Thai หัว (hǔua), Zhuang gyaeuj, Bouyei jauc, Hlai ghwous); also compare Cantonese 哥 in 膝頭哥／膝头哥 (“knee”), 鼻哥 (“nose”).
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