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Modern (Beijing) reading: wū
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔōk
Classic Old Chinese: ʔōk
Western Han Chinese: ʔōk
Eastern Han Chinese: ʔōk
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔōk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔōk
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔwōk
Middle Chinese: ʔuk
English meaning : roof, house
Russian meaning[s]: 1) комната; здание, дом; 2) верх экипажа; покрышка; 3) 1-е число (в телеграммах)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 44
Four-angle index: 262
Karlgren code: 1204 a
Vietnamese reading: ốc
Shijing occurrences: 17.2_
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ɣōk
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: house, room
Chinese: *ʔōk house, room.
Kachin: gok2 a room.
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Number: 723
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 通合一入屋影
ZIHUI: 1450 0936
Beijing: u 11
Jinan: u 11
Xi'an: u 11
Taiyuan: vǝʔ 41
Hankou: u 12
Chengdu: vu 12
Yangzhou: ɔʔ 4
Suzhou: oʔ 41
Wenzhou: u 41
Changsha: u 4
Shuangfeng: ǝu 12
Nanchang: uk 41
Meixian: vuk 41
Guangzhou: uk 41
Xiamen: ɔk 41
Chaozhou: ok 41
Fuzhou: ouʔ 41
Shanghai: oʔ 4
Zhongyuan yinyun: u 42
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʔw[ɨ́]lxq̇wĕ ( ~ -ĭ)
Meaning: roof, house
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *hǝlq̇_wĕ ( ~ *ʔw-, -ĭ)
Sino-Tibetan: *ɣōk
Yenisseian: *ʔiʔ(G) ( ~ x-, j-)
Burushaski: *ha[k] / *jak
Comments and references : LV D10.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *hǝlq̇_wĕ ( ~ -ĭ)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: roof
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *holq̇:ʷV ( ~ ħ-)
Proto-Tsezian: *ƛ̣oq ( ~ -ǝ-)
Proto-Lezghian: *halq:(a)
Proto-West Caucasian: *b-ʁ́a
Notes: The Bezht. form ƛ̣oq exactly parallels PA *ƛ̣olq̇:ʷV (an old compound, see above), thus this compound with *ƛ̣a- 'above' must be dated by the Av.-And.-Tsez. period. The PWC form has a frequent labial prefix (with a usual in this case delabialisation of the following consonant). The comparison seems reliable, both phonetically and semantically (an alternative comparison of Adygh forms with PEC *mōnqī 'breast' - see Abdokov 1983, 79 - is improbable for phonetic reasons).

    It seems possible to compare also Lak. Khosr. q̇alaq̇u 'lid, cover' which is either a reduplication or a reflex of the same compound with *ƛ̣a- 'above' (if q̇alaq̇u < *ḳalaq̇u through assimilation).

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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *holq̇:ʷV ( ~ ħ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 cover, lid 2 palate 3 to cover, thatch
Avar: heq̇:el 1 (Keg.)
Tindi: haq̇:ʷ- 3
Godoberi: harq̇:in 2 (Zib.)
Comments: Cf. also Av. Unt., Shul. eq̇:el, Andal. heq̇:el/eq̇:el 'cover, lid' (all dialectal forms are cited from Mikailov 1959).

    More widely spread is PA *ƛ̣olq̇:ʷV 'roof', which is an obvious compound *ƛ̣a 'up, above' (q.v.) + *holq̇:ʷV: cf. Av. ṭoq̇:ó (par. B: ṭoq̇:ó-dul, ṭoq̇:á-bi) 'shed', Kuyad. oq̇:o id., Chad. ṭóq̇i 'roof'; And. (Leksika) loq̇:u, Akhv. ƛ̣aq̇:o (Tseg. ṭoq̇:o, Tlan. ƛ̣oq̇:o) 'shed', Cham. (Leksika) aq̇:ʷa 'lid, cover', Kar. ƛ̣alq̇:ʷa (Archo. alq̇:ʷa, Chab. ṭalq̇:ʷa, Tok. aq̇:ʷa) 'shed', God. laq̇:ur 'lid, cover'. Several Tsezian forms meaning "lid, cover" (Gin. ƛ̣eq̇ʷi, Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. ƛ̣äq̇e, Gunz. ƛ̣oq̇e) are probably borrowed from Andian languages (in Bezht. there exists thus an etymological doublet: ƛ̣äq̇e 'lid, cover' - ƛ̣oq 'roof').

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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *ƛ̣oq ( ~ -ǝ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: roof
Bezhta: ƛ̣oq
Comments: Attested only in Bezht., but having probable external parallels.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *halq:(a)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: roof; sour cream (*'top part')
Archi: harq
Comment: Arch. -r- before a uvular points only to PL *-l- (-r- would have disappeared). The root is attested only in Arch., but has good external parallels.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *b-ʁ́a
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 top, upper part 2 to thatch
Adyghe: bʁa- 2
Kabardian: bʁa- 2
Ubykh: bʁ́a 1
Comments: PAK *bʁa-. In Adygh cf. perhaps also the noun *bʁa 'breast, chest' (*'the top part'). See Shagirov 1, 79, 80.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔiʔ(G) (~x-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: loft, store
Ket: iʔ, pl. eʔŋ
Yug: iʔ, pl. eʔŋ
Comments: ССЕ 192. Werner 1, 389 <*iʔ / *ig(ǝ)>.
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *ha[k]
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: house
Yasin: ha, pl. hakíćaŋ
Hunza: ha, pl. hakíćaŋ
Nagar: ha, pl. hakíćaŋ
Comments: Cf. also Hun., Nag. -ják `dwelling (place)'.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : HVLKV
Meaning : house
Sino-Caucasian : *hǝ́l(x)q̇wĕ ( ~ -ĭ)
Austric : PAN *oka 'house beam'
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