Комментарии:Used also in compounds: 睢鳩 *ćha-kru 'osprey', 鳲鳩 *ƛij-kru 'cuckoo'. Although there are some doubts as to the original meaning of the word, it is glossed as 'dove' as early as in Shuowen, and means 'dove, pigeon' in all modern dialects (this meaning, as well as the reconstruction of medial *-r-, is supported by external evidence). Viet. cu is colloquial; regular Sino-Viet. is cu'u. [In Zuo Zhuan said to be used as a loan for 糾 or 逑 q.v.].