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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: lú
Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)ā
Classic Old Chinese: r(h)ā
Western Han Chinese: r(h)ā
Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)ā
Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ō
Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ō
Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ō
Middle Chinese: lo
English meaning : hempen threads
Russian meaning[s]: 1) пеньковая пряжа; 2) трепать пеньку (лен)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 120
Four-angle index: 655
Karlgren code: 0069 o
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rɨ̄a
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: string, thread
Chinese: 纑 *r(h)ā hempen threads
Burmese: krǝwh string, cord.
Comments: Alternatively comparable with OC 縷 *roʔ silk thread, � *g(r)o cord ornating nose of shoe (the reconstruction then would be *rŏ ( ~ -ǝ̆w)).
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *(H)rāqwV́
Meaning: cord, bridle
North Caucasian: *rāχwV / *w-ārχwV ( ~ -q-)
Sino-Tibetan: OC 勒 *rǝ̄k 'bridle'
Yenisseian: *ʔaq- (~x-)
Comments and references : Cf. *ʔŕV́xwV (with possible confusion).
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *rāχwV / *w-ārχwV ( ~ -q-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: bridle
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *barχon ( ~ -q-)
Proto-Tsezian: *roχV ( ~ -ʁ:-)
Notes: An And-Tsez. isogloss. Judging from its structure, may be deverbal, but the original verbal root is unknown.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *barχon ( ~ -q-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: bridle
Andian language: barχon
Chamalal: bāχã
Tindi: beχan
Botlikh: berχ:in
Comments: -χ:- in the Botlikh form is strange (probably a misspelling).
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *roχV ( ~ -ʁ:-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: bridle
Bezhta: joho
Gunzib: roʁo
Comments: PGB *roʁo (cf. also Bezht. Khosh. roʁo 'bridle', Tlad. roʁo 'horse-bit'). Av. Chad. roʁó 'horse-bit' has no literary or Andian parallels and is most probably borrowed from a Tsezian source.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔaq- (~x-)
Meaning: leading strings
Ket: aqqǝĺ5 // aqqǝĺaŋ5, pl. aqqǝĺaŋɨn5
Comments: Probably a compound, but the components are not clear; see Werner 1, 51. Bouda 1957 compares Selk. ākal', akai id.
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