忻州方言“母亲”称谓本字考

Study on the Xinzhou Dialect “Mother”

一直以来,研究忻州方言的人用到"母亲"称谓时因不知本字,总是以同音字"波"代替。文章在深入忻州各乡镇调查的基础上,又通过文献作了认真地考证,充分证明"婆"就是忻州方言"母亲"称谓的本字。文章用充分的实例,分析了"婆"字的产生时代、形体、读音演变,详细考证了"婆"的母亲意的形成及其流变,以及与忻州方言的承继关系,以此作为忻州方言"母亲"本字的有力佐证。

There is a phenomenon that Xinzhou dialect use the homophone"Bo"instead of its unknown original form of the appellation"mother". During last summer vacation,through the investigation on literature,the author made a related research in the towns of Xinzhou and found that the character"Po"is proved to be the original form of the appellation "mother"in Xinzhou. Meanwhile,the paper applied to use practical examples to analyze background,structure and development in pronunciation. It also tested the function and evolution of the character"Po"in the meaning of mother and the connection between Xinzhou dialect and this character. All of these can be the strong evidence that the character"Po"is the original form of the appellation"mother"in Xinzhou dialect.