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Modern (Beijing) reading: laò
Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)āws
Classic Old Chinese: r(h)āwh
Western Han Chinese: r(h)āwh
Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)āwh
Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ā̀w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ā̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ā̀w
Middle Chinese: lầw
English meaning : poison [Han]
Comments: A Chu word.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāw
Meaning: poison
Chinese: � *r_āws poison [Chu word].
Burmese: (Sh.) rǝwh fish poison.
Kachin: mǝrau1 fishing by stupefying the fish by the pulp of poisonous vines.
Lushai: ru the bark, roots and leaves etc, used for poisoning fish, KC *k-r2u.
Comments: Dimasa ru; Miri rî (v.). Sh. 195. Cf. Austric: PAA *rVw, PAN *hilu 'poison'.
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