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Character: 妹
Modern (Beijing) reading: mèi
Preclassic Old Chinese: mhǝ̄ts
Classic Old Chinese: mhǝ̄ć
Western Han Chinese: mhǝ̄ś
Eastern Han Chinese: mhǝ̄ś
Early Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄ś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄̀j
Middle Chinese: mòj
English meaning : younger sister
Russian meaning[s]: 1) младшая сестра; 2) я (к сверстнику); ты, Вы (к сестрам, младшим по возрасту)
Comments: For *mh- cf. Xiamen be6, Chaozhou mue6, Fuzhou muoi5, Jianou müɛ6.
Radical: 38
Four-angle index: 5332
Karlgren code: 0531 k-m
Shijing occurrences: 57.1_
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mǝ̄t
Meaning: kinship term
Burmese: mat husband's younger brother, younger sister's husband.
Comments: Kham mama mother's younger brother.
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Number: 523
Character: 妹
MC description : 蟹合一去隊明
ZIHUI: 1188 1157
Beijing: mei 3
Jinan: mei 3
Xi'an: mei 3
Taiyuan: mei 3
Hankou: mei 3
Chengdu: mei 3
Yangzhou: mǝi 3
Suzhou: me_ 32
Wenzhou: mai 32
Changsha: mei 31
Shuangfeng: mie 32
Nanchang: mǝi 32
Meixian: mɔi 3
Guangzhou: mui 32
Xiamen: muĩ 32
Chaozhou: mue 32
Fuzhou: muei 32
Shanghai: me_ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: mei 3
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʒ́ămV / *măʒ́V
Meaning: relative
Comments and references : DCE 15.
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ʒ́ămV / *măʒ́V
Meaning: relative, kinsman
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *mVžV Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. It is hard to reconstruct the original meaning of the root: most probably it denoted an in-law in general.
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *ʒamV
Meaning: best man
Chechen: zam-ō
Ingush: zam-e
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *mVžV
Meaning: third cousin
Avar: máž-iƛ̣:
Comments: Variants máž-iƛ̣: and máž-biƛ̣: are attested.
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: mač:a
Meaning: relative, kinsman
Lak form: mač:a
Comments: Lak. > Arch. mač:a-t:u id.
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *č:am
Meaning: 1 bride-groom 2 brother-in-law 3 brothers' wives
Lezghian: č:am 1
Tabasaran: ǯam 1
Agul: žam / ǯam 1
Rutul: q̇Iu-ǯäm 2
Tsakhur: q̇Ia-ǯam-ar 3
Comment: The Rut. and Tsakh. forms reflect a compound with *q̇Iʷä- 'two'. Obl. base unclear (the only vocalic obl. base is Ag. Fit. žamu-).
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *ʒ́ām
Meaning: relative (distant)
Yasin: ʒ́ām
Hunza: ʒ́aám
Nagar: ʒ́aám
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