續一切經音義 6.61

6.61

Parrot (鸚鵡: the first character has the fanqie *e- / g-*, the second is pronounced wu 武; the Shanhaijing states: "On Mount Huang there is a bird shaped like an owl, with green feathers, a red beak, and a human-like tongue, able to speak; it is called yingwu (parrot)"; Guo's commentary says: "The parrot today has a tongue like a child, and its toes have two claws in front and two behind; it comes from Funan and other regions; some have five-colored plumage, and some are pure white"; the Shuowen states: "Both characters are derived from niao 鳥 with ying 嬰 and wu 武 as phonetics"; the second is sometimes written as 䳇, with the same sound).