“婀娜”考辨

The Textual Research on Enuo (婀娜)

词形上,“婀娜”由“阿那”发展而来,加“女”旁,用女性柔弱美特质突出“婀娜”词义“柔弱美”;除“阿那”外,“婀娜”异写形式还有“妸娜”“娿娜”“娜婀”等。语音上,“婀娜”古音声调应为“上声上声”,今音声调是语音演变结果。词义上,“婀娜”一词并非单纯词,而是同义连用。魏晋到唐宋时期,“婀娜”词义大发展;明清时期,“婀娜”词义最终确定,其义项由描写景转移到描写女性柔美。

On forms,the word enuo(婀娜)was developed from enuo(阿那)being added the structural part nü(女),using feminine effeminate beauteousness feature to highlight the meaning of enuo(婀娜).In addition to enuo(阿那),it also has other different forms such as enuo(妸娜),enuo(娿娜),nuoe(娜婀),etc.In sound aspect,the ancient pronunciation of enuo(婀娜)is falling-rising tone&falling-rising tone,and the current pronunciation of enuo(婀娜)is the result of phonetic evolution.From the perspective of lexical meaning,enuo(婀娜)is not a single-morpheme word but a synonym combination.The meanings of enuo(婀娜)had made great development from Wei-Jin Dynasties to Tang-Song Periods,while during the Ming and Qing dynasties,the meaning of enuo(婀娜)was identifi ed ultimately as its meaning had been transferred from the description of scenery to the description of feminine morbidezza.