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Modern (Beijing) reading: sì
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhǝʔ
Classic Old Chinese: lhǝ́
Western Han Chinese: lhǝ́
Eastern Han Chinese: zhjǝ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: zhjɨ́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhjɨ́
Late Postclassic Chinese: zhjɨ́
Middle Chinese: zjɨ́
English meaning : sacrifice; sacrificial cycle, year; to sacrifice
Russian meaning[s]: 1) приносить жертву (кому-л.); жертвоприношения; 2) древн. год
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 113
Four-angle index: 7091
Karlgren code: 0967 d-h
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̆H
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: year, season
Chinese: *lhǝʔ sacrificial cycle, year.
Tibetan: lo year.
Kachin: khra1 time, season.
Lushai: ? lai time, season, hour, day.
Kiranti: *l[o]
Comments: Peiros-Starostin 213.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *l[o]
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: time
Tulung: -lo *time (as in bep-lo old age)
Kaling: -lo when (conj.)
Comments: See also *nǝ̀-lV 'daytime'.
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 640
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 止開三上止邪
ZIHUI: 4358 0435
Beijing: si_ 3
Jinan: si_ 3
Xi'an: si_ 3
Taiyuan: si_ 3
Hankou: si_ 3
Chengdu: si_ 3
Yangzhou: si_ 3
Suzhou: zi_ 32
Wenzhou: zi_ 22
Changsha: si_ 31
Shuangfeng: ʒi_ 32
Nanchang: si_ 31
Meixian: si_ 3
Guangzhou: ši 32
Xiamen: chai 32 (lit.); sai 32
Chaozhou: si_ 22
Fuzhou: söy 32
Shanghai: zi_ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: si_ 3
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ƛăjV
Meaning: time, season
North Caucasian: *ƛăjV
Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̆H
Burushaski: *jult ?
Basque: *ordu
Comments and references : DCE 25.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ƛăjV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: time, day
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ƛaji- (*ƛaHi-)
Proto-West Caucasian: *ʎ́V
Notes: An interesting Av.-And.-WC isogloss; parallels in other languages are as yet unknown. Abdokov (1983, 95) cites also Chech. se-lχa-na 'yesterday' (the etymology of which see under *rVmƛ_Ă) and Kryz. išɨʁ 'light' (which is obviously a recent Turkic loanword). The Av.-And. form is compared by Abdokov with WC *ʎʷV 'light, white', which seems less probable for phonetic reasons.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *ƛaji- (*ƛaHi-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 year 2 in the daytime 3 today
Avar: ʎáʕe-l 1
Andian language: ʎa-l 2, že-ʎa-l 3
Akhvakh: ƛalige 2, žeƛa 3
Chamalal: ʎaj-l 2, jaʎel 3
Tindi: e-ʎe 3
Karata: ʎaji-l 2, e-ʎel3
Botlikh: hēle 2, e-hel 3
Bagvalal: e-he-li 3
Godoberi: ʎē-l 2, he-ʎe 3
Comments: In Av. cf. also ʎáʕi-ze 'to live a year', ʎáʕi 'anniversary'. The original meaning is not quite clear ("time" in general?); cf. the same situation in WC.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʎ́V
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 year 2 day
Abkhaz: š́ǝ- 2
Abaza: š́ǝ- 2
Adyghe: jǝ-ʎa-s 1
Kabardian: jǝ-ʎa-s 1
Comments: PAT *š́ǝ- in compounds: Abkh. á-š́ǝ-bž́, Abaz. š́ǝ-bž́a-n 'noon' ( < *š́ǝ-bǝža, see *bǝža 'half'); Abkh. á-š́ǝ-ž́ 'morning', Abaz. š́až́ǝ 'early in the morning'.

    In the AK word (*jǝ-ʎá-sǝ) jǝ- is a pronominal prefix; meaning of the final component (-sǝ) is not quite clear (cf. *-sa in *pá-sa 'early'?). Shagirov's (1, 185) hypothesis of a Turk. origin seems, anyway, very improbable.

    The original meaning of the root is not clear ('time' in general?). Note that the corresponding root in Avaro-Andian languages has the same range of meanings.

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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *jult
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: time, right moment
Hunza: jult
Nagar: jult
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *ordu (*o=rdu)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 time 2 hour 3 occasion
Bizkaian: ordu 1, 2
Gipuzkoan: ordu 2
High Navarrese: ordu 2
Low Navarrese: ordu 2
Lapurdian: ordu 2
Zuberoan: ordu 2, 3
Roncalese: ordu 2
Comments: Origin from Lat. ordō ‘line, row, series, order’ has been suggested but is problematic. Cf. instead PNC *ƛăjV 'time, day', Burushaski *j=ult 'time, right moment', *b=ultu 'day', with Bsq *-rd- in regular correspondence with PNC and Bur *-lt-.
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