Origin of the verb[p??7](拨)"to give"in Wu dialects
The bivalent verb[po?7](拨1)"to allocate"in ancient Chinese lingua franca evolved into a trivalent verb[pə?7]meaning"to give"during the Ming Dynasty.This suggests that[pə?7](拨2)in Wu dialects should be of a similar origin.In Wu dialects,[po?7]may appear in the structure"[po?7]+direct object+[lə?8](勒)+indirect object"to express an event of giving.The preposed direct object led to the merge of[po?7]and the dative preposition[lə?8],both semantically and phonetically,which further developed into[pə?7]with the feature[+manner].After the bleaching of the feature[+manner],[pə?7]finally became a verb meaning"to give".Therefore,the origin of[pə?7]cannot be ascribed to the verb ba(把)"to hold".
Wu dialects[pə?7](拨)"to allocate""to give"dative preposition[lə?8](勒)the fusion of sound and meaning
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