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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: hú
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ā
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ā
Western Han Chinese: gā (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: gā (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: gā (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gā (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: gā (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣo
English meaning : gourd [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) чеснок (Allium scorodoprasum); 2) тыква-горлянка (Cucurbitaceae)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 3476
Karlgren code: 0049 |k ́
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kā
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: gourd
Chinese: *g_ā gourd, 壺 *g_ā flask; bottlegourd.
Tibetan: ka-bed a sort of gourd, ga-gon a melon.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,

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Number: 1709
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 遇合一平模匣
ZIHUI: 5519 0926
Beijing: xu 12
Jinan: xu 12
Xi'an: xu 12
Taiyuan: xu 1
Hankou: xu 12
Chengdu: fu 12
Yangzhou: xu 12
Suzhou: ɦǝu 12
Wenzhou: vu 12
Changsha: fu 12
Shuangfeng: ɣǝu 12
Nanchang: фu 31
Meixian: fu 12
Guangzhou: uu 12
Xiamen: hɔ 12
Chaozhou: hu 12
Fuzhou: xu 12
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *q̇āhwV ( ~ *xq̇-)
Meaning: a k. of vegetable
North Caucasian: *q̇āhwV ( ~ q̇_-)
Sino-Tibetan: *Kā (cf. also *kʷ(r)ā ( ~ gʷ-) 2276)
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *q̇āhwV ( ~ q̇_-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a k. of tuber
Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ijV
Proto-Lak: q̇aja
Proto-Dargwa: *q̇eħa
Proto-Lezghian: *q̇aʔIʷ(a)
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,

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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ijV
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 weed 2 straw
Inkhokvari: q̇ija 1
Bezhta: q̇i (Khosh.) 2
Comments: Cf. also Bezht. Tlad. q̇i ( < PGB *q̇ij) id.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-inh,cezet-bzt,cezet-comment,

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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: q̇aja
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: horse radish
Lak form: q̇aja
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,

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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *q̇eħa
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: radish, beetroot
Akusha: q̇eħe
Comments: Cf. also Kub. q̇ā, Ur. q̇aħa 'turnip', Tsud. q̇eħe 'beetroot'.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *q̇aʔIʷ(a)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 turnip 2 horse radish 3 a plant with edible leaves
Tabasaran: q̇aʔ 1
Rutul: q̇aʔ 2
Kryz: q̇öw 3
Comment: Obl. base unclear. Kryz. q̇öw ( < *q̇äw) points to labialization of the laryngeal in PL (*q̇aʔIʷ).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-rut,lezget-krz,lezget-comment,

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