dimidiation


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dimidiation

the process of dividing in half; the state of being halved.
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It touches the question of dimidiation or impalement in the coat of mine uncle, Sir John Leighton of Shropshire, who took unto wife the widow of Sir Henry Oglander of Nunwell.
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As for [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] shianq, the term fang-shianq shyh [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]'seer' (fang-shianq < *pjang-sjang(s)) may be a case of dimidiation reflecting an earlier initial cluster containing a labial consonant; see Boltz 1979, 431.
The etymonic determinatives of wanq [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]
Kennedy, a contemporary of Boodberg who supported some of his ideas but was, in my opinion, a much better linguist, once made gentle fun of the theory of dimidiation by remarking that childish words in English like "roly-poly" and "ducky-lucky" didn't require one to posit such originals as "rpoly" and "dlucky.
Incense at the Altar: Pioneering Sinologists and the Development of Classical Chinese Philology.

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