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Character: 鼬
Modern (Beijing) reading: yòu
Preclassic Old Chinese: lus (~ Ł-)
Classic Old Chinese: luh
Western Han Chinese: lǝwh
Eastern Han Chinese: źǝwh
Early Postclassic Chinese: źìw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jìw
Late Postclassic Chinese: jìw
Middle Chinese: jǝ̀w
English meaning : weasel
Russian meaning[s]: зоол. куница (Mustela itatis)
Radical: 208
Four-angle index: 6673
Karlgren code: 1079 d
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jŭ (/-n)
Meaning: a k. of small animal (hare, rabbit, rat)
Tibetan: jos hare (but only as an astronomical term).
Burmese: jun hare.
Kachin: ju3 a rat, mouse.
Lushai: sa-zu a rat, KC *b-ju.
Comments: Chepang rok-ju rat; Mikir phi-dźu; Namsangia dźu-pu; Kanauri pyu rat; Bahing yö; Rgyar. pu-yu rat. Sh. 42, 134, 430; Ben. 32. The OCh. form (especially if it has *Ł-, suggested by xie-sheng) should perhaps be rather compared with Jnp. sǝlo3 flying squirrel, yielding a reconstruction *ƛǝ̆w.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *jíc1u (<jú-c1ǝ)
Meaning: rat
Sunwar: j́icu
Tulung: jucü, hicü pine marten
Kaling: ispö (CSDP 'ispö)
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-sun,kiret-tul,kiret-kal,kiret-lim,kiret-dum,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: suba
Grammar: n.
Meaning: rat.
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: ɨspɨ
Grammar: n.
Meaning: mouse
Nepali: musā
dumet-prnum,dumet-pspeech,dumet-meaning,dumet-nepali,dumet-comments,
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: chuwi
Grammar: n.
Meaning: mouse, rat
Nepali: muso.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: siʔnuma
Grammar: n.
Meaning: mouse or rat.
yamet-prnum,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *jV̄stwĔ́
Meaning: mouse
Comments and references : HGC 28, LV A15. sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *jVcwĔ
Meaning: mouse
Notes: A Darg.-WC isogloss, but probably very archaic (see Starostin 1982, 218). PD *waca can only go back to a PEC form like *jVcwV with metathesis of labialisation (original *w- would have yielded PD *b-). From other EC languages one could possibly list also PGB *ʔɨ̃z-baṭu (Bezht. izmaṭo, Gunz. ǝ̃zbaṭu 'weasel, squirrel'). PGB *ʔɨ̃z- would correspond well to PD *waca < *jacʷa, but would suggest a PEC (and PNC) form with some medial resonant (most probably *jVncwĔ).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-darg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *waca
Meaning: mouse
Akusha: waca
Chiragh: waca
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-chr,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *jaš́(ʷ)V / *š́ʷajV
Meaning: squirrel
Abkhaz: á-ješ
Adyghe: śāja (Shaps.)
Comments: Although the correspondences are not quite regular (Abkh. reflects a delabialized *š́, while Ad. ś < *š́ʷ), the Abkh. and Ad. forms are hard to separate. Within the Adygh dialects there is also some variation: Kuipers (1975, 28) compares also Bzhed. śʷāja 'rat' (we would also add Tem. śʷāja id.) reflecting an old variant *sʷajV.
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *jūta
Meaning: mouse
Ket: ut4 (South.), Kur. u:ti4, Bak., Sur. u:tǝ4 / utǝ4; pl. ūtn1
Yug: u:ht, pl. utn1
Kottish: d́ūta, g. d́ūtā, pl. d́ūtn; Ass. juda (Бол., М., Кл., Сл.), d́uta (Кл.)
Pumpokol: úte (Сл., Кл.)
Comments: ССЕ 233-234. Werner 2, 367 <*uʔǝtǝ / *d'uʔǝtǝ>.
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