山西侯马方言本字考八则

Eight Texts on the Original Characters of Houma Dialect in Shanxi

摘要: 侯马方言里有一些在口语中使用但不见于书面语的词，这些字词人们只知其音不知其字，还有些字词在发展的过程中读音已经和普通话大不相同。文章借鉴王福堂和游汝杰等人的研究方法，从音义两方面入手，结合古籍文献材料佐证，探求语源，对侯马方言中的八个常用字进行了本字考证。

Abstract: There are some words in Houma dialect that are used in spoken language but not in written language. People only know the pronunciation of these words but not the characters. Some words have been very different from Mandarin in the process of development. This paper draws on the research methods of Wang Futang and You Rujie, starts from the two aspects of pronunciation and meaning, combines the evidence of ancient books and documents, explores the etymology, and conducts a textual research on eight commonly used characters in Houma dialect.