索马里 (Suǒ mǎ lǐ) — Somalia | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Somalia

索马里，。
Suǒ mǎ lǐ Wèi yú fēi zhōu dōng bù, bīn lín yìn dù yáng.
Somalia is located in eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean.
索马里。
Suǒ mǎ lǐ De guān fāng yǔ yán shì suǒ mǎ lǐ yǔ hé ā lā bó yǔ.
The official languages of Somalia are Somali and Arabic.
，索马里。
Jìn nián lái, Suǒ mǎ lǐ de jú shì zhú jiàn qū yú wěn dìng.
In recent years, the situation in Somalia has gradually stabilized.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

索马里 only spells Somalia; the characters carry no meaning here.

Sound-only characters

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

索 combines 糸 (thread) and 𣎳 (stripping fibres from a hemp stalk), showing threads or rope being pulled out from a fabric.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 馬; 马 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 馬 shows a horse with its head facing left, a flowing mane, and two legs standing vertically.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裡; 里 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 里 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (里, 里面) it is 裡; in others (公里) it is 里 or 裏.

衤里裡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衤Written in full as衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

里

Same sound today

The form 裡 pairs 衤 (clothes) with 里 as a sound component.