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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *q:ać̣a
Meaning: man
Abkhaz: a-χác̣a
Abaza: qac̣a
Comments: PAT *qać̣a (cf. also Bz. a-χáć̣a). Pl. *qa-cʷa (Abkh. a-χáča, Abaz. qačʷa) is probably a reduction of *qać̣a-cʷa.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *GĀc̣Ĕ (?)
Meaning: man
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-abad,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *GĀc̣Ĕ
Meaning: man
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-basq,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rā̆t (? *Kăt)
Meaning: brave, hero
Tibetan: gjad a champion, an athlete ( < Chin. ?).
Lushai: hrāt brave.
Comments: Simon 17; Coblin 93. Perhaps one should rather derive OC *grat < *r-gat, reconstructing *Kat and keeping the Lushai form apart.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 傑
Modern (Beijing) reading: jié
Preclassic Old Chinese: grat
Classic Old Chinese: grat
Western Han Chinese: grat
Eastern Han Chinese: grat
Early Postclassic Chinese: get
Middle Postclassic Chinese: get
Late Postclassic Chinese: get
Middle Chinese: get
English meaning : of a surpassing quality
Russian meaning[s]: 1) выдающийся, талантливый; особенный; талант; 2) герой; рыцарь; великодушный
Comments: For *g cf. Xiamen kiat8, Chaozhou, Fuzhou kiek8.
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 5222
Karlgren code: 0284 b
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-doc,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,
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Number: 1337
Character: 傑
MC description : 山開三入薛群
ZIHUI: 0267 0344
Beijing: ćie 12
Jinan: ćie 12
Xi'an: ćie 12
Taiyuan: ćiǝʔ 42
Hankou: ćie 12
Chengdu: ćie 12
Yangzhou: ćiǝʔ 4
Suzhou: ʒ́iôʔ 42
Wenzhou: ʒ́i 42
Changsha: ćhie 4
Shuangfeng: khiɛ 31
Nanchang: ćhiɛt 41
Meixian: khiɛt 42
Guangzhou: kit 42
Xiamen: kiat 42
Chaozhou: kiek 42
Fuzhou: kieʔ 42
Shanghai: ćîʔ 42
Zhongyuan yinyun: kie 41
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *gison
Meaning: man
Bizkaian: gizon, (Bermeo, Lekeitio) gixon
Gipuzkoan: gizon, gixon
High Navarrese: gizon
Low Navarrese: gizon, (Amikuse) gizun
Salazarese: gizon
Lapurdian: gizon
Baztanese: gizon
Aezkoan: gizon
Zuberoan: gízun
Roncalese: gizon
Comments: The sibilant x /š/ in some local dialects of BZK and GIP is phonetic, not expressive (i.e., in those dialects /s/ changes to /š/ generally after /i/); in some other dialects (BZK-Markina, BNV, ZBR, BZT) gixon is diminutive 'little man', ZBR gixot 'miserly, stingy person'. Cf. Aquitanian CIS(S)ON in male names.
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-gip,basqet-anv,basqet-bnv,basqet-sal,basqet-lab,basqet-bzt,basqet-azk,basqet-zbr,basqet-rnc,basqet-comments,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : KVCV
Meaning : man
Austric : PAN *-kas 'swift, strong, energetic', PAA *kVt 'brave'
Amerind (misc.) : *ḳači 'boy, child' (GE 80)
Reference : GE 80 *ḳaci. globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-scc,globet-austr,globet-amer,globet-reference,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *ḳacV ( ~ -c`-)
Meaning: young man
References: МССНЯ 349, ОСНЯ 1, 315; ND 994 *ḳa[ʡ]c/ĉV 'young man'. nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ura,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 213
Proto: *kaća
English meaning: young, unmarried man
German meaning: junger, unverheirateter Mann
Mansi (Vogul): χom-χūś (KU) 'Arbeiter, Knecht', kuś (P), χūś (So.) 'Diener; Bube (im Kartenspiel)'
Hungarian: hős, dial. hés 'Held; dial. unverheirateter Mann; (altung.) junger Mann; der Bräutigam, Freier'
Kamass: kêêčэ (Ta.), keeč (B), kottje (Ke.), kodš, kadš, kădš (N) 'Arbeiter, Knecht'
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-man,uralet-ugr,uralet-kam,
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *ḳać-
Russian meaning: человек, мужчина
English meaning: man, male
Georgian: ḳac-
Megrel: ḳoč-
Svan: č̣äš-, č̣š-
Laz: ḳoč-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 106, EWK 186. В ОСНЯ 1, 315 сопоставляется с урал. *k[a]ĆV 'юноша, мужчина' с реконструкцией ностр. *ḳaćV.
kartet-prnum,kartet-rusmean,kartet-meaning,kartet-gru,kartet-meg,kartet-sva,kartet-laz,kartet-notes,
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