續一切經音義 4.79

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4.79

Billowing waves (bota 波濤: the first character has the fanqie [reading] bo + ke [bo]. The Qieyun says: "Waves and billows of water." The Erya says: "Large waves are lan; small waves are lun." The Shuowen [jiezi] says it takes 'water' [as semantic component] and an abbreviated bo as phonetic. The second character has the fanqie [reading] tu + dao [tao]. The Kaosheng says: "Billows surging." The Shuowen [jiezi] says: "Surging waves are called tao." It takes 'water' [as semantic component] and an abbreviated shou as phonetic).

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