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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ʔãχa
Meaning: ear
Tsezi: aħja
Ginukh: aχχa
Khvarshi: ãhĩ
Inkhokvari: aĨha
Bezhta: äʁä
Gunzib: ãʁa
Comments: PTsKh *ʔãχija, PGB *ʔãʁa. Historical analysis shows that *-χa must be a suffix (plural?).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ʕwănʕV
Meaning: ear
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. In Darg. the root is preserved only within the derivate *ʕʷan-c̣(a) 'deaf' ( = "earless", with the privative suffix -c̣(a)). In PA and PC the root obtained suffixes (resp. *-di and *-χa); although their meaning is not quite clear, there is no doubt that the roots are comparable.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ħandi
Meaning: ear
Avar: ʕin
Chadakolob: ʕin
Andian language: hanṭiḳa
Akhvakh: hãde
Chamalal: anna
Tindi: hanḳ́iṭa
Karata: hanṭiḳa
Botlikh: hanṭuḳa
Bagvalal: haḳ́iṭa
Comments: Av. paradigm A (ʕín-zul, ʕún-dul; Chad. ʕín-dul, ʕína-l). In PA we have a suffixed form *ħan-di (reflected directly in Akhv. and Cham.); other languages, however, reflect the further diminutive suffixation *ħandi-ḳa (cf. Kar. Tok. handiḳ́a) with assimilation *-d- > -ṭ- in most languages. With a privative suffix the root is present in a derivate *ħan-q̇:V- / *ħandi-q̇:V- 'deaf': Av. ʕínq̇:a-, Chad. ʕínq̇:a-, Cham. Gig. hãq̇:u-l, Akhv. hãdeloq̇:e-, Tind. handiq̇:u-. Av. > Bezht. Tlad., Gunz. ʕenq̇ab, Bezht. Khosh. enq̇ab, perhaps also Arch. eInk-du (although the Archi velar is rather strange).
Finally, the same root is present in the compound Av. ʕen-ék:- = And. an-č:i-, Tind. an-ix́:- 'to listen' ("ear" + "catch, hold"; Cham. Gig. ʕenax-id- id. should be rather considered as borrowed from Avar, as well as Bezht. Tlad. ʕenekzi =aq- id.).
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-avc,aandet-and,aandet-akv,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-krt,aandet-btl,aandet-bgv,aandet-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *ʕʷan-c̣(a)
Meaning: deaf
Akusha: ʕaInc̣a
Comments: Cf. also Ur. ʕʷanc̣, Kub. ħunc̣.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *ʔIam:
Meaning: ear
Lezghian: jab
Tabasaran: ib
Agul: ibur
Rutul: ubur
Kryz: ibɨr
Budukh: ibir
Archi: oj
Udi: imuχ
Comment: The Rut., Kryz., Bud. and Ud. forms are historical plurals (with -Vr and -uχ). The Archi form is also a result of a secondary reinterpretation of the form *jam (< *ʔIam:) as a plural; a new singular form *ja had been built and later yielded (quite regularly) Arch. oj. Note that an analogous thing happened also in Udi, where there exists a noun i 'hearing' (and the verb i-baksun 'to hear').The old "plural" form (but already refigured according to the singular) is preserved in Arch. ojom 'ears'. See Лексика 1971, 126; Гигинейшвили 1977, 116; Талибов 1980, 274.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-arc,lezget-udi,lezget-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʕwănʕV̆
Meaning: ear
Comments and references : HGC 18. sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nǝ̆H
Meaning: ear
Tibetan: rna ear.
Burmese: nah ear, LB *[n]ax ear, *sna to hear.
Kachin: na1 the ear.
Lushai: KC *k-Na.
Lepcha: njor, a-njor ear, hon. njăn
Comments: Thangkur khǝna ear; PG *naL; BG: Garo na-tśil, Dimasa khana to hear; Moshang, Namsangia na; Rawang ǝna, Trung a3-na2; Kadu kǝnà, Bhramu kǝna. Simon 14; Sh. 38, 123, 430; Ben. 113; Luce 4.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-lepcha,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 耳
Modern (Beijing) reading: ěr
Preclassic Old Chinese: nhǝʔ
Classic Old Chinese: nǝ́
Western Han Chinese: nǝ́
Eastern Han Chinese: ń́ǝ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: ń́ɨ́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ńɨ́
Late Postclassic Chinese: ńɨ́
Middle Chinese: ńɨ́
English meaning : ear
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ухо; слышать; на ухо; 2) ушко (ручка) предмета; 3) расположенный по бокам, боковой; [-er] и только!, и все!, только и всего!, не более как; конечная частица в вэньяне
Shuowen gloss: 主聽者也.象形.凡耳之屬皆從耳. [591]
Comments: For initial *nh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen hi6, Chaozhou hĩ4, Fuzhou ŋe6, Jianou nɛiŋ6, nɛiŋ8. The character is used also for OC *n(h)ǝ(ʔ)-s, MC ńɨ̀ 'sinew', written also as 餌.
Radical: 128
Four-angle index: 2671
Vietnamese reading: nhĩ
Jianchuan Bai: jɨ̃1-
Dali Bai: ńü1-
Bijiang Bai: ẽ1-
Shijing occurrences: 3.1, 37.4_, 55.2
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-shuowen,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-doc,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-viet,bigchina-jianchuan,bigchina-dali,bigchina-bijiang,bigchina-shijing,
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 295
Character: 耳
MC description : 止開三上止日
ZIHUI: 5101 0526
Beijing: ǝ̂ 2
Jinan: ǝ̂ 2
Xi'an: ǝ̂ 2
Taiyuan: ǝ̂ 2
Hankou: ɨ 2
Chengdu: ǝ̂ 2
Yangzhou: â 2
Suzhou: l 12
Wenzhou: zi_ 12 (lit.); ŋ 12
Changsha: ô 2
Shuangfeng: ie 2
Nanchang: з̂ 2
Meixian: ńi 2
Guangzhou: ji 22
Xiamen: ʒi 2 (lit.); ʒĩ 2
Chaozhou: hĩ 22
Fuzhou: ŋi 2
Shanghai: ɦǝ̂ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: ži_ 2
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *ńǝ
Meaning: ear
Sunwar: 'nophā
Tulung: nokphla, nǝphla, nophla
Kaling: ŋeco (probably < *ŋöcö)
Comments: Toba 89 *nophlo. The root is attested in comp. *ńǝ-phlak, *ńǝ-c1ǝ; the meaning of -phlak is unclear.
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-sun,kiret-tul,kiret-kal,kiret-lim,kiret-dum,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,kiret-notes,
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: nɛghɔʔ, nɛkhɔʔ
Grammar: nɛkhɔʔ
Meaning: -nghɔʔ n., ear.
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: Nitso
Grammar: n.
Meaning: ear
Nepali: kān.
Derivation: [also attested in Sasarkā, allofam of Nyi:nɨ 'hear']
dumet-prnum,dumet-pspeech,dumet-meaning,dumet-nepali,dumet-dercomm,
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: nɔbɔ
Grammar: n.
Meaning: ear
Nepali: kān.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: näʔäk
Grammar: n.
Meaning: ear.
Nepali: kān
yamet-prnum,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔɔgde / *ʔɔqtV
Meaning: ear
Ket: ɔgde5, pl. -n6 "ear"; ɔqtǝn6, pl. ɔqtɨnǝŋ5 "ear-ring"
Yug: ɔgdɔnɨŋ6 "ear-rings"; ɔxtɨŋ6, pl. ɔxtɨŋɨn5 "ear"
Arin: utḱenóŋ (Срсл.) "ears" (aures); utq́ȫnoŋ (М., Сл., Кл.) id.; uskuj (Лоск.) id.
Pumpokol: átkin (Сл., Срсл.) "ear"
Comments: ССЕ 198. Werner 2, 31 (doubts the attribution of the Arin and Pumpokol forms, which I think is unquestionable). Historically the PY form is a compound *ʔɔ(N)+gde ( = PA *ħan-ṭiḳa / *ħan-ḳiṭa "ear"). In Kottish the word for "ear" has been replaced by a Turkic loanword kalōx, but we should note the word for earring: āpal / āpul. Here the second part is obviously PY *puʔl 'round', but the first part may reflect the archaic primary root for 'ear'.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-ari,yenet-pum,yenet-notes,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : HVNV
Meaning : ear
Notes : Parallels outside SC unknown.
globet-meaning,globet-scc,globet-notes,
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