一切經音義 19.110

19.110

僮僕（上徒紅反下蒲卜反考聲僮謂男子有伇使也說文僮亦僕也僕從徒也仕於公曰臣仕於家曰僕並從人童菐皆聲菐音卜）。

僮僕 (the first character is tóng, fanqie 徒紅 [t- + -(h)ong]; the second character is pú, fanqie 蒲卜 [p- + -(b)ok]: The Kaosheng says: 'Tóng refers to a male subject to menial service.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Tóng also means a servant (pú); a servant is a follower.' Serving a public lord is called chén; serving a private family is called pú. Both take the person semantic, with tóng (童) and pú (菐) as respective phonetics. 菐 is pronounced [bǔ, fanqie] 卜).