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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: lì
Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)ēkʷ
Classic Old Chinese: r(h)ēuk
Western Han Chinese: r(h)jāuk
Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)iāuk
Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iēuk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iēk
Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iēk
Middle Chinese: liek
English meaning : to break, crush under wheels
Russian meaning[s]: 1) проехать колесами; 2) обидеть; обмануть; 3) вычерпать
Comments: Also read *r(h)ākʷ, MC lâk id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 159
Four-angle index: 5286
Karlgren code: 1125 d
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rɨākʷ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: break, crumble
Chinese: *r_ākʷ, *r_ēkʷ to break, crush under wheels.
Tibetan: ãdrugs to fall into small pieces, to crumble (away); grug-pa to break into small pieces.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *rV́GwV ( ~ -xGw-)
Meaning: to break
North Caucasian: *HarG_(w)V
Sino-Tibetan: *rɨākʷ
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *HarG_(w)V
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to break, destroy, be broken
Proto-Tsezian: *laq
Proto-Lak: liI=q̇a-
Proto-Dargwa: *=arʁIʷ- ~ *=abʁIʷ-
Proto-Lezghian: *ʡarq:Ia
Proto-Khinalug: zo=ʁ-
Proto-West Caucasian: *q:ʷǝ- (~q̇ʷ)
Notes: PTs has not preserved the original verb, but only the derivate (with a widely spread semantic shift 'break, cut' > 'wound'); note the prefix coincidence in PTs and Laki. The EC-WC comparison see in Абдоков 1983, 162.

    Cf. also Urart. iwχ- (spelled iBχ-) 'to destroy', see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 60.

caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-khin,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,

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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *laq
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: wound
Tsezi: raqI
Ginukh: laq
Bezhta: laq
Comments: PTsKh *RaIq. Cf. also Bezht. Khosh. läq.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-bzt,cezet-comment,

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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: liI=q̇a-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to be destroyed
Lak form: liI=q̇a-n
Comments: G. pr. liI=q̇u-n. Cf. also liIq̇-lu, liIq̇-ru 'crumbling, landslide'.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,

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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *=arʁIʷ- ~ *=abʁIʷ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to break, be broken
Akusha: =urʕ-/ uʕ- (Ur.)
Chiragh: =abʁI- / uʁI-
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-chr,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ʡarq:Ia
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to break
Agul: arʁI-
Budukh: s-oʁ-
Archi: a=qIa-
Comment: Belongs to the strong conjugation class. Cf. also Ag. Tp. arʕa-s id.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-agu,lezget-bud,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,

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Khinalug etymology :

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Khinalug root: zo=ʁ-
North Caucasian etymology: 1724
Meaning: to break
Khinalug form: zo=ʁ-
Comments: Used as imperative for q̇ʷi.
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,khinet-comment,

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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *q:ʷǝ- (~q̇ʷ)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to break
Adyghe: pq:ʷǝ-ta-n
Kabardian: q:ʷǝ-ta-n
Comments: PAK *(p)q:ʷǝ-ta-.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,

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