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Character: 夢
Modern (Beijing) reading: mèng
Preclassic Old Chinese: mhǝŋs
Classic Old Chinese: mhǝŋh
Western Han Chinese: mhǝŋh
Eastern Han Chinese: mhǝŋh
Early Postclassic Chinese: mhɨ̀ŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mhɨ̀ŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: mhɨ̀ŋ
Middle Chinese: mǜŋ
English meaning : to dream
Russian meaning[s]: 1) сон, сновидение; видеть сон; грезы, мечты, видения; 2) неясный, смутный
Shuowen gloss: 不明也.從夕.**省聲. [315]
Comments: Also read *mhǝŋ, MC müŋ (FQ 莫中), Pek. méng 'be blind to, unenlightened' (cf. 蒙). Cf. also Viet. mo' 'to dream' (with a loss of the final nasal after a nasal initial). For *mh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen baŋ6, Chaozhou maŋ6, Fuzhou maöŋ5, moŋ5 (cf. also 懵 MC mǜŋ, Fuzhou moŋ5 'dark, obscure, silly').
Radical: 36
Four-angle index: 4153
Karlgren code: 0902 a-c
Vietnamese reading: mộng
Jianchuan Bai: mɨ3
Dali Bai: mɨ3-
Bijiang Bai: mɨ2
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mǝ̆ŋ (/ *mǝ̆k)
Meaning: dream
Tibetan: rmaŋ-lam dream.
Burmese: mak to dream, LB *mak; (Ben.) hmaŋ-ća-saŋ walk in sleep, hmaŋ-tak-miʔ to be possessed (applied to somnambulism).
Kachin: maŋ1 to dream.
Lushai: maŋ (man) to dream, KC *maŋ.
Lepcha: moŋ a dream
Comments: PG *maŋL dream; Thankur mǝŋ dream; Miri im-maŋ; BG: Garo dźu-maŋ, Bodo si-máŋ dream; Kham mǝN; Kanauri maŋ; Rawang ip-maŋ; Trung mlaŋ1. Sh. 38, 139, 410, 444; Ben. 31; Mat. 169. ?Cf. Khmer srǝmaǝŋ 'half asleep'.
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *mǝ̀k / *mǝ̀ŋ
Meaning: dream
Tulung: mat-
Kaling: monä (moŋɔ)
Comments: Cf. also *-mǝŋ in *sèmmǝŋ dream (n.)
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: ma:kmaʔ, -ma:kt-/-ma:k-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: see (in the expression: sɛpmaN ma:kmaʔ 'to dream').
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: makma II
Stem: <mag-/makt-/maks- ; mak->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: to dream
Comments: semmaŋ.beʔ ekdam maʔ.in.u.ŋ.ä. (dream.LOC ek_dam dream.NP.о3.EXAG.FCT) I dream daily of it. sa:ro kiʔä semmaŋ makt.u.ŋ. (sāhro long dream dream.о3.EXAG) I had a really long dream.
Nepali: sapanā dekhnu
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Number: 1797
Character: 夢
MC description : 通合三去送明
ZIHUI: 1125 2421
Beijing: mǝŋ 3
Jinan: mǝŋ 3
Xi'an: mǝŋ 3
Taiyuan: mǝŋ 3
Hankou: moŋ 3
Chengdu: moŋ 3
Yangzhou: mɔuŋ 3
Suzhou: moŋ 32
Wenzhou: moŋ 32
Changsha: moŋ 32
Shuangfeng: maŋ 32; mǝn 32
Nanchang: muŋ 32
Meixian: muŋ 3
Guangzhou: muŋ 32
Xiamen: bɔŋ 32 (lit.); baŋ 32
Chaozhou: maŋ 32
Fuzhou: mauŋ 32; mo_yŋ 32
Shanghai: moŋ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: muŋ 3
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦemƛ̣Ă
Meaning: dream
Comments and references : There is some confusion with another root, cf. PNC *=HVwƛ̣_Ān `to sleep', *nhewƛ̣_ŭ ( < *mhewƛ̣_ŭ ?) `sleep'; PST *mīɫ `sleep'; ?Bur. Yas. nal, Hun., Ngr. -jál `shadow'; Bsq. *lainho 'mist, fog' (221), like Godoberi hanlu, etc. cf. LV A19, DCE 33.
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦemƛ̣Ă
Meaning: dream
Notes: An interesting common NC root (sometimes contaminating with *nhewƛ̣_ŭ 'sleep, dream' q.v., but surely different, because reflexes of these two stems are opposed in many languages). PWC has a frequent labial prefix. The original meaning (preserved in many languages) is "dream, slumber"; Andian languages demonstrate a non-trivial semantic development "dream" > *"vision" > "cloud". Phonetically the Andian forms fit in very well, and the word has no other etymology, thus it seems worth to accept such a semantic change.
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *honƛ̣V (~ħ-,-a-,-m-)
Meaning: 1 fog 2 cloud
Chamalal: hãla 1
Tindi: hinawu 2
Karata: hanƛ̣u 1,2
Godoberi: hanlu 1,2
Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. hanna. The Tind. form is not quite clear (cf. also the notation in Лексика: Tind. hinalu).
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: anḳa-ṭun
Meaning: to doze, slumber
Lak form: anḳa-ṭun
Comments: A compound verb (with the nominal part anḳa- and the auxiliary verb -ṭun).
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *hanḳ
Meaning: sleep (n.)
Akusha: hanḳ
Comments: Cf. also Kait. anḳa-la id.
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *hIemƛ̣(a) (~-ä-)
Meaning: 1 dream, sleep 2 in dream, while sleeping
Agul: emḳ́ 1
Archi: miḳí-r 2
Comment: Cf. also Ag. Tp. ʕemḳ 'dream'. This root should be kept strictly apart from PL *näwƛ̣ 'dream' q.v.
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Khinalug etymology :
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Khinalug root: miḳä
North Caucasian etymology: 525
Meaning: dream
Khinalug form: miḳä
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *pǝƛ̣ǝ
Meaning: dream, sleep (n.)
Abkhaz: a-pχǝ́z
Abaza: pχǝz
Adyghe: ṗč̣ǝħāṗ
Kabardian: ṗṣǝħāṗa, ṗṣǝħ
Ubykh: ṗć̣a-bIá
Comments: PAT *pǝxǝ-ʒǝ (cf. also Bzyb. a-pxǝ́ʒ); PAK *ṗč̣́ǝ-ħá, *ṗč̣́ǝ-ħáṗa. All three subgroups have compounds with not quite clear second components, but the identity of PAT *pǝxǝ-, PAK *ṗč̣́ǝ- and Ub. ṗć̣a- ( < PWC *pǝƛ̣ǝ-) is beyond doubt.
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *-wélʒ́i
Meaning: dream
Yasin: -wélʒ́i
Hunza: -úlʒ́i
Nagar: -úlʒ́i
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *lainho
Meaning: 1 cloud 2 mist, fog 3 vapor
Bizkaian: laiño 2
Gipuzkoan: laiño, laño 2
High Navarrese: laño 2
Low Navarrese: lanho 3
Salazarese: laño, llano 2
Lapurdian: lanho 3
Baztanese: lano 1
Aezkoan: lano 2
Zuberoan: lãnhṹ 2
Roncalese: lano 2
Comments: Very similar in form and meaning to *lanbro (q.v.), but originally distinct.
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Borean (approx.) : HVMLV
Meaning : sleep, dream
Amerind (misc.) : Almosan *m'aɫ 'sleep'; Hokan *mVl (under *maki 'die' R 165; not clear whether *maki itself belongs here)
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