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Austric etymology :
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Proto-Austric: *lVɣ
Meaning: worm
Austroasiatic meaning: earthworm
Proto-Austronesian: *SulaR
Austronesian meaning: snake
Austronesian code: 24:19
austr-meaning,austr-prnum,austr-aa,austr-aame,austr-an,austr-anme,austr-ancode,
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Austro-Asiatic etymology :
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Proto-Austro-Asiatic: *l[o:]j
Meaning: earthworm
aaet-meaning,aaet-prnum,aaet-kat,aaet-bah,
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Katuic etymology :
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Proto-Katuic: *lo:j
Meaning: earthworm
Presyllable: tǝ-/dǝ-
References: P-429; TK2.93
katet-meaning,katet-prpr,katet-prnum,katet-wkat,katet-ekat,katet-bibref,
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West Katuic etymology :
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Proto-West Katuic: *l[o:]j
Meaning: earthworm
Presyllable: tǝ-/dǝ-
Bru Van Keu: li=luj.T V?
Bru Van Keu meaning: earthworm
So: tǝlǝ:jʔ tro:j.N
So meaning: (TL)
Bru: tlɔ:j.N V?
Bru meaning: an earthworm
Kui: thlo:j.B
Kui meaning: an earthworm
wkatet-meaning,wkatet-wpre,wkatet-prnum,wkatet-vkv,wkatet-vkvme,wkatet-so,wkatet-some,wkatet-bru,wkatet-brume,wkatet-kui,wkatet-kuime,
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East Katuic etymology :
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Proto-East Katuic: *lo:j
Meaning: earthworm
Presyllable: tǝ-
Pakoh: tulɔ:j
Pakoh meaning: an earthworm; tulo:j.T (PT-155)
Taojh: tiloj.T V?
Taojh meaning: worm (PT-155)
Lao Katu: tilɨ̂j V?
Lao Katu meaning: earthworm
Ngeq: talo:j
Ngeq meaning: worms
Chatong: talo:j
Kantu dialects: tilɔj
Triw: talo:j
ekatet-meaning,ekatet-epre,ekatet-prnum,ekatet-pak,ekatet-pakme,ekatet-tao,ekatet-taome,ekatet-lka,ekatet-lkame,ekatet-nge,ekatet-ngeme,ekatet-ct,ekatet-kntt,ekatet-tr,
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Bahnar etymology :
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Proto-Bahnaric: *lɨ:j
Meaning: caterpillar
Presyllable: kǝ-
banet-meaning,banet-prpr,banet-prnum,banet-web,banet-nwb,
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West Bahnaric etymology :
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Proto-West- Bahnaric: *l[ɨ:]j, kǝ-
Meaning: caterpillar
Jaru form: kaliǝ VT?
Lavi: klɨ:j
webet-meaning,webet-prnum,webet-jr,webet-lve,
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North-West Bahnaric etymology :
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Proto-North-West- Bahnaric: *lɨ:j, kǝ-
Meaning: caterpillar
Tariang: kalɨ:j
Kaseng: lɨ:j P?
Yaeh: qɨ:j
nwbet-meaning,nwbet-prnum,nwbet-tr,nwbet-ks,nwbet-yh,
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Viet-Muong etymology :
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Proto-Viet-Muong:
Meaning: lizard
Vietnamese: giòi
Vietnamese meaning: worm, larva
Muong dialect: khɔj.2
Thavung-So: lo:j.1, ʔalo:j.1
Thavung-So meaning: generic term for fish, snakes, turtles and monitor lizards
vimet-meaning,vimet-prnum,vimet-viet,vimet-vietme,vimet-anng,vimet-so,vimet-some,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : LVRV
Meaning : snake, worm
Reference : Sag 12 (Chin.-AN).
globet-meaning,globet-scc,globet-austr,globet-reference,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ŁắɦrV
Meaning: snake
Comments and references : WFR 13.
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *Ł_ăɦrV
Meaning: snake
Notes: Correspondences are regular (*Ĺ in PWC has a secondary palatalisation - because of the merger of original *L and *Ĺ). The PWC form has a frequent nominal prefix *b(ǝ)-.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-lezg,caucet-khin,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *laħi
Meaning: snake
Chechen: läħa
Ingush: leħa
Batsbi: laħ
Comments: 6th class in all languages.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *ƛ:ar
Meaning: snake
Rutul: ɣar
Kryz: ɣar (Al.)
Budukh: jer
Comment: 3d class in all languages. Obl. vowel base *ƛ:ara- (to judge from Rut. ɣara-). Cf. Лексика 1971, 151.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-rut,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-comment,
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Khinalug etymology :
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Khinalug root: ḳaz
North Caucasian etymology: 145
Meaning: snake
Khinalug form: ḳaz
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *b(ǝ)Ĺa
Meaning: snake
Adyghe: bLa
Kabardian: bLa
Comments: PAK *bLa.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lăj
Meaning: snake
Kachin: pǝlaj1 a sp. of iguana.
Lushai: hlai-ba a sp. of snake.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 蛇
Modern (Beijing) reading: shé
Preclassic Old Chinese: liaj
Classic Old Chinese: liaj
Western Han Chinese: liaj
Eastern Han Chinese: źä
Early Postclassic Chinese: źa
Middle Postclassic Chinese: źa
Late Postclassic Chinese: źa
Middle Chinese: źa
English meaning : snake
Russian meaning[s]: 1) змея; 6-й знак Зодиака; 2) ядовитый (о змее); 3) ползти, пресмыкаться
Comments: Also read *laj (MC je, FQ 弋支, Mand. yí) in the compound 委蛇 *ʔʷaj-laj 'be compliant, gracious'.
Radical: 142
Four-angle index: 7023
Karlgren code: 0004 l
Vietnamese reading: xà
Bijiang Bai: čher1
Shijing occurrences: 18.1_, 18.2, 18.3
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 1278
Character: 蛇
MC description : 假開三平麻船
ZIHUI: 5748 0167
Beijing: ṣô 12
Jinan: ṣa 12
Xi'an: ṣô 12
Taiyuan: sö 1
Hankou: sô 12
Chengdu: se 12
Yangzhou: śî 12
Suzhou: zo 12
Wenzhou: zei 12
Changsha: ṣô 12 (lit.); ṣa 12
Shuangfeng: ɣio 12
Nanchang: sa 31
Meixian: sa 12
Guangzhou: šɛ 12
Xiamen: sia 12 (lit.); cua 12
Chaozhou: cua 12
Fuzhou: siɛ 12
Shanghai: zo 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: šie 12
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *phulV
Meaning: worm, snake
Tulung: wacipula earthworm (cf. also blo snake)
Kaling: -phul in wɔsphul earthworm (ср. wɔs a rate for the worship of the earth)
Comments: Toba 96 *bhlu (confused with *bhén).
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-tul,kiret-kal,kiret-yam,kiret-notes,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: phiba
Grammar: n.
Meaning: bugs or worms found in dung or spoilt food.
yamet-prnum,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *jVʔra
Meaning: a small insect, worm
Ket: ɔlǝŋgǝs5, pl. -n 'spider'
Yug: ɔʔl // ɔllǝ5, pl. ɔlɨn5 'worm, small insect'
Kottish: d́era, pl. d́etn, d́erán "Eidechse"; d́ira, g. d́irā, d́irei, pl. d́itn id.
Comments: ССЕ 197. Werner 2, 48 (without the Kott. form). Kott. d́era / d́ira was compared in КС 215 with Ket. tuĺn 'lizard', but this was phonetically irregular (one had to suppose a variation *c- / *ʒ-, otherwise unattested). Werner seems unsure about the attribution of d́era: in 1, 286 he still compares it with tuĺn (see *tulVn); in 1, 415 he proposes to compare it with Ket ʌʔĺ 'frog' - not abandoning, however, the comparison of ʌʔĺ with Arin kere 'frog', proposed in ССЕ 295, and thus has to reconstruct an uncomprehensible variation <*ǝʔʎ / *(k)ǝʎǝ / *(d')ǝʎǝ>. There remains, however, a possibility to compare Kott. d́era / d́ira 'lizard' with Ket. ɔʔl 'worm': except for a not quite clear vowel correspondence the etymology seems quite plausible.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-kot,yenet-notes,
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *erɫuɫi (?)
Meaning: 1 salamander 2 scorpion 3 slow, lazy man, 'homme peu vif'
Bizkaian: elubia
Low Navarrese: harruli 1
Salazarese: arruli 1
Lapurdian: harruli 1
Baztanese: arruli 1
Zuberoan: erlúri 1, 2, 3, erlustri 1
Roncalese: arreuli 1
Comments: Some forms may be blended with *har̄i 'stone' (salamanders and scorpions are 'stone crawlers'), or *erle 'bee'. There have been irregular ‘expressive’ phonetic transformations, common in words for creeping animals. The comparison with PNC *Ł_ăɦrV 'snake' is very tentative.
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-bnv,basqet-sal,basqet-lab,basqet-bzt,basqet-zbr,basqet-rnc,basqet-comments,
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