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Character: 捋
Modern (Beijing) reading: lè
Preclassic Old Chinese: rhōt
Classic Old Chinese: rhwāt
Western Han Chinese: rhwāt
Eastern Han Chinese: rhwāt
Early Postclassic Chinese: lhwāt
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhwāt
Late Postclassic Chinese: lhwāt
Middle Chinese: lwât
English meaning : to gather, pluck, pick
Russian meaning[s]: 1) срывать, обрывать; 2) гладить, приглаживать; 3) закатывать; засучивать; 4) скоблить, тереть
Shuowen gloss: 取易也.從手.#聲. [599]
Comments: For *rh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen luaʔ7, Chaozhou luek7, Fuzhou luok7. Modern Pek. has several readings : besides lǚ also lè and luō; lǚ is quite irregular (reflecting an unattested variant MC *lwit?); lè and luō are probably dialectal variants.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 3217
Karlgren code: 0299 e
Shijing occurrences: 8.2_
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōt (~-ū-)
Meaning: gather
Lushai: rūt (ruʔ) to scoop up, to gather up.
Comments: Cf. Austric: PAN *paRut 'pluck, uproot', *SuRut 'pull, draw', PAA *rVt 'harvest', *sɔ:t id.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *prót ( / *ʔp-)
Meaning: pluck, tear
Sunwar: projk-ca break (tr.) broj-ca break rope (itr.)
Tulung: pröt- pick, pluck (fruit), tear off, tear off, tear up
Kaling: 'prwɔnnä ('produ) pluck, tear in pieces
Comments: Toba 93 *pret- (with a different Kaling match: pen-?).
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: pe:tnɨ
Grammar: vt-4 pi:d/pi:t-pi:ts/pi:s-pe:t
Meaning: pick (fruits, flowers), pick up
Nepali: ṭīpnu
dumet-prnum,dumet-pspeech,dumet-meaning,dumet-nepali,dumet-comments,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: eʔma I
Stem: <ed- ; et->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: to pluck the fruit of a plant, as opposed to ramma 'to pluck leaves' and sakma 'to pull out weeds'.
Nepali: ṭipnu
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