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Character: 兒
Modern (Beijing) reading: ér
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋe
Classic Old Chinese: ŋe
Western Han Chinese: ŋe
Eastern Han Chinese: ńe
Early Postclassic Chinese: ńe
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ńe
Late Postclassic Chinese: ńe
Middle Chinese: ńe
English meaning : child
Russian meaning[s]: 1) сын; мальчик, ребенок; 2) я, мой (к родителям); 3) сынок, ты (к младшим); 4) презр. мальчишка, сопляк; 5) мужской; самец; 6) суффикс имен существительных и наречий
Comments: For unaspirated *ŋ cf. Xiamen ʒi2, Chaozhou zi2, Fuzhou i2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 10
Four-angle index: 7360
Karlgren code: 0873 a-d
Vietnamese reading: nhi
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋe(j)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: child, young
Chinese: 兒 *ŋe child, son, cf. also 倪 *ŋ_ē young and weak).
Burmese: ŋaj be small, little, inferior.
Kachin: ŋai1, čǝŋai1 an infant, a babe, šǝŋai2 to bear children.
Comments: Luce 19. STEDT 156-158 *s-ŋa-y.
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Number: 486
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character: 兒
MC description : 止開三平支日
ZIHUI: 0348 0524
Beijing: ǝ̂ 12
Jinan: ǝ̂ 11
Xi'an: ǝ̂ 12
Taiyuan: ǝ̂ 1
Hankou: ɨ 12
Chengdu: ǝ̂ 12
Yangzhou: â 12
Suzhou: l 12
Wenzhou: ŋ 12
Changsha: ô 12
Shuangfeng: ie 12
Nanchang: з̂ 31
Meixian: i 12
Guangzhou: ji 12
Xiamen: ʒi 12
Chaozhou: zi 12
Fuzhou: i 12
Shanghai: ɦǝ̂ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: ži_ 12
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ŋiHV
Meaning: child
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Sino-Tibetan: *ŋe(j)
Burushaski: *-i
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Common Burushaski: *-i
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: 1 son 2 daughter
Yasin: -jé 1, -́i 2
Hunza: -í 1, -́i 2
Nagar: -í 1, -́i 2
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Borean (approx.) : NVHV
Meaning : child
Sino-Caucasian : *ŋVHV
Austric : PAN *uŋaq 'child, baby'
Amerind (misc.) : *(a)nu 'child' (R 118)
Notes : Cf. *NVWV. PAN may be < ST.
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