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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *=ǟlṭwVr
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to tear, pick, pluck
Proto-Nakh: *=āṭṭ-
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *=iṭʷ-
Proto-Tsezian: *=uṭ- ( ~ -o-)
Proto-Dargwa: *=iṭVn- / *=ilṭ-
Proto-Lezghian: *ʔälṭVl ( ~ -a-,-n)
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Except for some assimilations (PL *ʔälṭVl < *ʔälṭVr) correspondences are regular.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *=āṭṭ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to break, crack, burst, to be torn
Chechen: =āṭ-
Ingush: =aṭṭ-
Batsbi: =aṭ-
Comments: Cf. also dur. *ʔēṭṭ- id. (Chech. ēṭ-, Ing. eṭṭ-, Bacb. eṭ-). Geminated *ṭṭ in PN is probably expressive (cf. the reduplication *=iṭʷVṭʷ- in PA).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,

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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *=iṭʷ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 to tear off, break off 2 pull, pluck 3 slaughter
Avar: =eṭ- 2, ṭe- 1
Chadakolob: ṭoṭó- 3
Akhvakh: =aṭ- 1,2
Chamalal: =iṭʷ- 1
Tindi: =eṭʷ- 1
Karata: =iṭʷ- 1,2
Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. =uṭ- 'to tear off', Kar. Anch., Rach. ṭir-, Tok. ṭel- 'to tear'. Kar. ṭir- and Av. ṭe- reflect stem II *ṭi(r)-, all other forms - stem I *=iṭʷ-. A reduplicated stem is present in Av. Chad. ṭoṭó- = Av. lit. ṭeṭé-, ṭuṭú- 'to tear into several parts, break apart' ( = Tind. =eṭuṭ- id.).
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *=uṭ- ( ~ -o-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to pluck, pull out
Tsezi: =uṭ-
Ginukh: =uṭ-
Khvarshi: =uṭ- (Radzhibov)
Comments: PTsKh *=uṭ-.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-khv,cezet-comment,

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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *=iṭVn- / *=ilṭ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to take out, pull out
Akusha: =iṭVn- / =ilṭ-
Comments: An Ur. form (cited from Uslar's recordings).
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ʔälṭVl ( ~ -a-,-n)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to gnaw, to take meat off the bones
Archi: arṭin-
Comment: Attested only in Archi, but having probable external parallels.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *lVṭwV
Meaning: to pluck, tear
North Caucasian: *=ǟlṭwVr
Sino-Tibetan: *rV̆t
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rV̆t
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: tear
Chinese: *rat tear asunder, divide.
Lushai: ṭet (ṭeʔ) be torn, tear.
Lepcha: rít to divide, to separate, to distribute
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-lush,stibet-lepcha,

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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: liè
Preclassic Old Chinese: rat
Classic Old Chinese: rat
Western Han Chinese: rat
Eastern Han Chinese: rat
Early Postclassic Chinese: let
Middle Postclassic Chinese: let
Late Postclassic Chinese: let
Middle Chinese: let
English meaning : tear asunder, divide [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) разорвать(ся); распороть(ся); лопнуть; разорванный; распоротый; 2) расщепить; расколоть; 3) кроить (материю)
Comments: For *r- cf. Xiamen leʔ8, liʔ8, Chaozhou liʔ8, Fuzhou liek8, Jianou lie8.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 145
Four-angle index: 5683
Karlgren code: 0291 f
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1517
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山開三入薛來
ZIHUI: 5933 0336
Beijing: lie 3
Jinan: lie 11; lie 3
Xi'an: lie 11
Taiyuan: liǝʔ 41
Hankou: nie 12
Chengdu: nie 12
Yangzhou: liǝʔ 4
Suzhou: liôʔ 42
Wenzhou: li 42
Changsha: nie 4
Shuangfeng: niɛ 12
Nanchang: liɛt 41
Meixian: liɛt 42
Guangzhou: lit 42
Xiamen: liat 42 (lit.); leʔ 42; liʔ 42
Chaozhou: liʔ 42
Fuzhou: lieʔ 42
Shanghai: lîʔ 42
Zhongyuan yinyun: lie 43
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