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Character: 畇
Modern (Beijing) reading: yún
Preclassic Old Chinese: win
Classic Old Chinese: win
Western Han Chinese: wjǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: źwǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: źwɨn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jwɨn
Late Postclassic Chinese: jwɨn
Middle Chinese: jwin
English meaning : to clear land for cultivation into even plots
Comments: Also read *whin, MC zjwin; *swhin, MC sjwin id.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0392 j
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Qʷĭr
Meaning: clear field for cultivation
Kachin: lǝgun1 a scraper for cleaning or weeding a field.
Comments: PG *korL to plough; Kham gòrL; Trung kwar harrow.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-kach,stibet-comments,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *qwV́rV
Meaning: fallow, to cultivate land
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *q_wVrē
Meaning: fallow
Notes: An interesting Avar-Lak. isogloss. Its EC antiquity is proved by the presence of the root in HU: Hurr. k/χara-fχǝ 'fallow' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 59).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *rV-k:ʷVrV
Meaning: fallow
Avar: rak:úri
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: q:ur
Meaning: 1 arable field 2 fallow
Lak form: q:ur 1, q:uruqu 2
Comments: In the Khosr. recordings the word q:ur is characterized as 'poetic' (as opposed to qu 'field' < *qwɨ̆ʔrV̄). The literary form q:uru-qu 'fallow' is actually a compound of the two roots.
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