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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiào
Preclassic Old Chinese: krūks
Classic Old Chinese: krūh
Western Han Chinese: krǝ̄wh
Eastern Han Chinese: krǝ̄wh
Early Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̣̄̀w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kạ̄̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese: kạ̄̀w
Middle Chinese: kạ̀w
English meaning : cave, cellar
Russian meaning[s]: 1) погреб; 2) глубокий, тайный
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 116
Four-angle index: 1323
Karlgren code: 1039 o
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ruak (k-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cavity
Chinese: *krūks cave, cellar.
Tibetan: grog a deep dell, ravine, lateral valley.
Burmese: khrǝuk be concave.
Kachin: khǝroʔ3 ravine.
Lushai: ruak (ruaʔ) be empty, vacant.
Comments: Rawang khǝro. Ben. 39.
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Number: 1476
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 效開二去效見
ZIHUI: 4512 1458
Beijing: ćiau 3
Jinan: ćiɔ 3
Xi'an: ćiau 3
Taiyuan: ćiau 3
Hankou: ćiau 3
Chengdu: kau 3
Yangzhou: ćiɔ 3
Suzhou: ćiä 31
Wenzhou: kuɔ 31
Changsha: kau 31
Shuangfeng: kǝ 31
Nanchang: kau 31
Meixian: kau 3
Guangzhou: kāu 31
Xiamen: kau 31
Chaozhou: ka 31
Fuzhou: kau 31
Shanghai: ɦɔ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: kau 3
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *HrēḳwV́
Meaning: to dig out, cavity
North Caucasian: *HrīḳwV
Sino-Tibetan: *ruak (k-)
Yenisseian: *ʔuK- (~x-)
Comments and references : Cf. also *rĭ́(x)q̇wĂ.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *HrīḳwV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to bore, dig
Proto-Nakh: *ʔāḳ-
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *=iḳ-
Proto-Tsezian: *ž:-uḳʷ- B
Proto-Lak: t:iriḳi-
Proto-Lezghian: *hIirḳʷVr
Proto-Khinalug: lɨ=ḳ-
Proto-West Caucasian: *bǝḳǝ
Notes: A common NC expressive verbal root (with a rare verbal phonetic structure *HRVCV, reflected primarily in Lak.). The WC form has a frequent labial prefix (former class marker).
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *ʔāḳ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to chisel, hollow
Chechen: āg-
Ingush: ag-
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *=iḳ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to chisel, pick
Avar: =iḳ-
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,

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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *ž:-uḳʷ- B
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to beat
Tsezi: žeḳʷ-
Ginukh: zoḳ-
Khvarshi: žiḳʷ-
Inkhokvari: šuḳ-
Bezhta: zuḳ- (Tlad.)
Comments: PTsKh *žu_ḳʷ-; the verb has an expressive prefix *ž:- (for some reason devoiced in Inkh.).
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: t:iriḳi-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to bore
Lak form: t:iriḳi-n
Comments: G. pr. t:iri=ḳu-nu.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *hIirḳʷVr
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 to dig 2 to put through, run through
Agul: ruḳ- 1
Tsakhur: h-i=ḳʷar- 1
Kryz: ʕä=ḳur- 2
Comment: The verb belongs to the strong PL conjugation class. Cf. also Ag. Fit. ruḳ-, Tp. ruḳʷa-. A strange form is Tab. Düb. ji=k:- 'to dig': it is hard to separate from other listed forms, but -k:- is absolutely irregular.
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Khinalug etymology :

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Khinalug root: lɨ=ḳ-
North Caucasian etymology: 1932
Meaning: to bury up, bury
Khinalug form: lɨ=ḳ-i
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,

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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *bǝḳǝ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to press, scrape, pinch
Abaza: bḳ-ra
Ubykh: baḳ́ǝ-
Comments: Ub. a-z-baḳ́ǝ́-n.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔuK- (~x-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to dig
Ket: ug-dij6
Yug: ug-d́ij6
Comments: ССЕ 200. Werner 2, 324 (says that one should rather reconstruct *ukd́ij - but any velar may be reconstructed in this position).
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