罟罟新考

A new interpretation of Kkül

"罟罟"是元代蒙古妇女的高冠头饰,词源来自中古蒙古语"乳"(k9kül),最初指女性的"发辫",而非高冠。最初"罟罟"与"孛黑塔"并非互训。从认知语言学的角度考察,k9kül也被用于指代男性发辫、马冠毛、鸟顶冠及植物的冠,皆因其"状若乳"的特点。相关田野调查发现,作为女性头饰的"罟罟"具有更深层隐喻性,即"育龄女性"的象征意义。元代蒙古人认为"罟罟"冠具有神圣性,同时体现出其丰富的民俗寓意。

“Gugu”,a Mongolian woman’s high-crown headdress in the Yuan dynasty,originated from the Mid-ancient Mongolian term“breast”,which was called k kül.It originally referred to the“braids”of women rather than the high crown.At first,“gugu”and“bogtak”did not refer to the same thing.From the perspective of cognitive linguistics,k kül was also used to refer to the male bristles,the crown of the horse,the crown of some birds,and the crown of some plants,all of which resembled“breast”.Related field surveys have concluded that“gugu”as a female headwear has rich metaphorical implications,that is,the symbolic meaning of“women of childbearing age”.The Mongolians in the Yuan dynasty believed that the“gugu”crown was sacred and had rich folkloristic implications.