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Character: 薤
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiè
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rǝ̄s (~ ǝ̄j)
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rǝ̄h
Western Han Chinese: grǝ̄h (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: grǝ̄h (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̣̄̀ (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: giǝ̣̄̀ (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: giǝ̣̄̀ (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣạ̈̀j
English meaning : some k. of Allium
Russian meaning[s]: бот. лук Бэкера (Allium bakeri)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 499
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rɨ̄
Meaning: a bulbous root
Chinese: 薤 *g_rǝ̄s ( ~ -ē(j)s, -ǝ̄js) some k. of Allium.
Burmese: kra the water lily.
Kachin: čiŋkhro1 a sp. of yam; phǝro1 garlic.
Lushai: hra-arsi a sp. of yam.
Comments: Meithei ha; BG: Garo, Dimasa tha. Ben. 106. [In EDSTL the root was split into two: *ra 'bulbous root' and *rɨ̄ 'a k. of garlic'; they are most probably to be united]. The root is also used with the general meaning 'root' in several TB languages, cf. Karen *[rw]i,T, Miju kra, Idu *rV, Miri rɨga, Ao Naga *rV. Cf. Austric: PAA *raw / *ro 'taro', PAN *biRaq / *biRaʔ '(wild) taro'.
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