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Number: 2038
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山開三去線精
ZIHUI: 4628 1847
Beijing: ćian 3
Jinan: ćiã 3
Xi'an: ćiã 3
Taiyuan: ćiɛ 3
Hankou: ćian 3
Chengdu: ćian 3
Yangzhou: ćî̃ 3
Suzhou: cî 31
Wenzhou: ći 31
Changsha: ciẽ 31
Shuangfeng: ćî̃ 31
Nanchang: ćiɛn 31
Meixian: ciɛn 3
Guangzhou: čin 31
Xiamen: cian 31 (lit.); cĩ 31
Chaozhou: cĩ 31
Fuzhou: cieŋ 31
Shanghai: cî 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: cien 3
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćens
Classic Old Chinese: cenh
Western Han Chinese: cjanh
Eastern Han Chinese: cjanh
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjèn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjèn
Late Postclassic Chinese: cjèn
Middle Chinese: cjèn
English meaning : small bamboo; arrow [L. Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) стрела; 2) малорослый бамбук (Phyllostachys bambusoides)
Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is tiễn.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 118
Four-angle index: 2850
Karlgren code: 0245 h
Vietnamese reading: tên
Jianchuan Bai: ćĩ2
Dali Bai: ći3
Bijiang Bai: cẽ2
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćeɫ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a k. of bamboo
Chinese: *ćens bamboo used for arrows.
Lushai: čāl a sp. of bamboo.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-lush,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *č̣ä̆lʕwV ?
Meaning: sharp stick
North Caucasian: *č̣ä̆lʕwV
Sino-Tibetan: *ćeɫ
Yenisseian: *sūli
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *č̣ä̆lʕwV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sharp stick
Proto-Nakh: *č̣iw ( / *č̣uj)
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *č̣VrV
Proto-Lak: č̣ila
Proto-Lezghian: *č̣el: ( ~ -t:)
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *č̣iw ( / *č̣uj)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 ramrod 2 knitting needle 3 shuttle, spool
Chechen: č̣ū 1,3
Ingush: č̣ij 1,3
Batsbi: č̣uj 2
Comments: 6th class in all languages. The meaning 'sharp thing, sharp stick' is also present in anatomic compounds: Chech. č̣ū-nosta 'tibial bone, fibula', Ing. č̣ij-nosta id., Chech. č̣ū-pħars 'funny-bone, ulna'. The PN form was borrowed in Cham. č̣iwa (Gig. č̣iwa) 'sabre'.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,

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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *č̣VrV
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: arrow, ramrod
Avar: č̣or
Chadakolob: č̣or
Comments: Av. paradigm A (gen. č̣óri-l); but Chad. C (č̣oró-l, č̣óra-l). Av. > Arch. č̣or 'arrow'.
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: č̣ila
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: knife
Lak form: č̣ila
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *č̣el: ( ~ -t:)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: wedge; point-tool, chisel; plug, cork
Archi: č̣et
Comment: Cf. plur. č̣et:-ur. The root is attested only in Archi, thus in PL both *-l: and *-t: are possible; external evidence strongly suggests *-l:.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,

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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *sūli
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hook (for a cradle)
Ket: śuĺ4 (South.), North. śu:ĺe4; pl. śuĺn5
Yug: suʔl // su:hl, pl. sulǝŋ5
Kottish: šūli, *šūĺe(i), pl. šūlaŋ, šūlān "Haken"
Comments: ССЕ 279. Werner 2, 213 <*suʔǝlǝ>.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-kot,yenet-notes,

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