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Character: 蜂
Modern (Beijing) reading: fēng
Preclassic Old Chinese: phoŋ
Classic Old Chinese: phoŋ
Western Han Chinese: phoŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: phoŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: phoŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phoŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: phoŋ
Middle Chinese: phöuŋ
English meaning : bee, wasp
Russian meaning[s]: пчела; оса; шмель
Comments: Also read *bhōŋ, MC buŋ (FQ 薄紅) id.
Radical: 142
Four-angle index: 2554
Karlgren code: 1197 s-t
Jianchuan Bai: fü̃4
Dali Bai: fü4
Bijiang Bai: xü̃4
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]ŭŋ
Meaning: a k. of insect
Tibetan: buŋ a humming and stinging insect, bee.
Kachin: (H) sumbuŋ a k. of insect, mostly found on bamboo sprouts, dumbuŋ an insect resembling the calandre.
Comments: Coblin 40-41.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-kach,stibet-comments,
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Number: 1717
Character: 蜂
MC description : 通合三平鍾敷
ZIHUI: 5762 2426
Beijing: fǝŋ 11
Jinan: fǝŋ 11
Xi'an: fǝŋ 11
Taiyuan: fǝŋ 1
Hankou: foŋ 11
Chengdu: foŋ 11
Yangzhou: fɔuŋ 11
Suzhou: foŋ 11
Wenzhou: xoŋ 11
Changsha: xoŋ 11
Shuangfeng: xaŋ 11; xǝn 11
Nanchang: фuŋ 11
Meixian: phuŋ 11
Guangzhou: fuŋ 11
Xiamen: hɔŋ 11 (lit.); phaŋ 11
Chaozhou: hoŋ 11
Fuzhou: xuŋ 11
Shanghai: foŋ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: fuŋ 1
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *pä̆́nqwV
Meaning: bee
Comments and references : DCE 16.
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-buru,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *pä̆nq_wV (?*m-)
Meaning: bee
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Not quite clear is the initial consonant: PN and PD point to PEC *mä̆nq_wV; however, the Av. form (unless p- is a result of dissimilatory denasalisation) favours PEC *p-.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-darg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *niq
Meaning: bee-hive
Chechen: niq
Ingush: niq
Comments: 6th class in both languages. Obl. base *năqi- / *năqar- (cf. Ing. neqi, Chech. naqara-).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *pVq:V-nV
Meaning: drone
Avar: púq:na
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *mirqʷi
Meaning: bee
Akusha: mirqi
Chiragh: murqe
Comments: Cf. also Ur., Tsud. mirqi, Kub. mūqe.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-chr,darget-comment,
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *phen ?
Meaning: fly (insect)
Yasin: phen
Hunza: phin
Nagar: phin
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