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Character: 杷
Modern (Beijing) reading: bǎ
Preclassic Old Chinese: brā
Classic Old Chinese: brā
Western Han Chinese: brā
Eastern Han Chinese: brǟ
Early Postclassic Chinese: bạ̄
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bạ̄
Late Postclassic Chinese: bạ̄
Middle Chinese: bạ
English meaning : a rake [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) грабли; 2) Па (фамилия)
Comments: Cf. also 爬 *brā 'to rake, scrape' (for *b- cf. Xiamen pe2, lit. pa2, Fuzhou, Jianou pa2, Chaozhou pe2). Also read *brā-s, MC bạ̀ (FQ 白駕), Mand. bà id.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 7130
Karlgren code: 0039 e
Go-on: be
Kan-on: ha
Japanese reading: be;ha;sarai;e
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *prā(k)
Meaning: fork, rake
Tibetan: sbrag hay-fork, kha-brag any forked object.
Burmese: phra to branch, bifurcate.
Kachin: braʔ3 be forked.
Comments: Thankur pak to branch out (tree); pákrǝ forked tree; BG: Dimasa bara, babra fork (of tree), confluence, Garo bibra junction; Kanauri bra forked (of roads). Ben. 40; Luce 5.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *bVrV́ ( ~ -l-)
Meaning: bifurcation
sccet-meaning,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-basq,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *par1- (~-ŕ-)
Meaning: fork of legs
Ket: haĺeń6, pl. -ǝŋ5
Yug: faran6,5, pl. -ɨŋ5 "fork of legs; vagina"
Comments: ССЕ 246. Werner 1, 297 <*phaʎǝn>.
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *berhesi
Meaning: to separate
Gipuzkoan: berezi
High Navarrese: berezi
Low Navarrese: berezi
Lapurdian: berezi
Zuberoan: berhezi
Roncalese: berezi
Comments: This could simply be a derivative of *ber- 'same, self', as suggested by Mitxelena (1961: 83).
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