一切經音義 19.110

19.110

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).