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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
奴隸 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
奴隸 ＝ 奴 ＋ 隸
ㄋㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ · núlì
noun — slave, a person owned and forced to labor

字源 FORM — what the parts do

奴bondservant (奴僕)núa hand (又) laid on a woman (女) — the captive set to work
隸one held in service (隸屬)lì
奴隸，奴僕的奴，隸屬的隸。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一隻手（又）按在人（女）身上，這人從此屬（隸）了別人。
A hand (又) pressed on a person (女); from then on she belongs to (隸) another.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
奴僕núpúa servant — the same 奴