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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: wū
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔā
Classic Old Chinese: ʔā
Western Han Chinese: ʔā
Eastern Han Chinese: ʔā
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔō
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔō
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔō
Middle Chinese: ʔo
English meaning : crow
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ворон; ворона; черный; вороной; 2) ох!, увы!; 3) как?, почему?; 4) не, нет; 5) У (фамилия)
Comments: Later also attested in the sense ('black as a crow' > ) 'black, very dark'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 86
Four-angle index: 4481
Karlgren code: 0061 a-c
Vietnamese reading:
Jianchuan Bai: -vu4
Dali Bai: -vu5
Bijiang Bai: -vu4
Shijing occurrences: 41.3_
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ɣā
Meaning: crow, raven
Chinese: *ʔā crow, raven (cf. also 鴉 *ʔrā raven, crow).
Tibetan: kha-tha crow, raven.
Burmese: kjih-ʔa raven, a 'to caw'
Kachin: u2-kha1 crow, raven.
Kiranti: *gá(k)
Comments: Rawang thaŋ-kha; Trung tak-ka crow. Ben. 100.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *gá(k)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: crow
Tulung: gāpu, gɔ̄pu (AS gagakpu)
Kaling: 'gɔkpö
Limbu: ākwā (but also kākwā)
Dumi: gogo
Kulung: cas-kuwa; gagappa
Yamphu: araʔwa (?)
Comments: Toba 88 *gakpö.
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: ka:kwa
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: crow.
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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: gogo
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: crow
Nepali: kāg.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: caskuwa
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: the king crow
Nepali: cibhe.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: araʔwa
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: crow, raven.
Nepali: kāg
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 990
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 遇合一平模影
ZIHUI: 3527 0935
Beijing: u 11
Jinan: u 11
Xi'an: u 11
Taiyuan: vu 1
Hankou: u 11
Chengdu: vu 11
Yangzhou: u 11
Suzhou: ǝu 11
Wenzhou: u 11
Changsha: u 11
Shuangfeng: ǝu 11
Nanchang: u 11
Meixian: vu 11
Guangzhou: uu 11
Xiamen: ɔ 11
Chaozhou: ou 11
Fuzhou: u 11
Shanghai: u 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: u 1
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