Konda etymology :

Konda : kusa

Meaning: edible greens and vegetables

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Number in DED : 1760

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kuc-

Meaning : vegetables

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *kus-r-

Konda : kusa

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *kuc-a

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kuc-a

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *kus-r-

Meaning : cooked vegetable

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : kusrī "dal, i.e. cooked pulse"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : kusrī "vegetable"

Muria Gondi : kusir, kusri

Maria Gondi : kusir(i)

Maria Gondi (Lind) : kusor "herbs, vegetables"

Number in DED : 1760

Number in CVOTGD : 812

Pengo-Manda etymology :

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *kuc-a

Meaning : vegetables, curry

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : kuca

Manda : kuca

Number in DED : 1760

Kui-Kuwi etymology :

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kuc-a

Meaning : edible vegetables

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : kūsa "edible leaves, greens, vegetables, herbs"

Kuwi (Schulze) : kuca "curry"

Sunkarametta Kuwi : kucca "cooked vegetable"

Parja Kuwi : kucca "cooked vegetable"

Notes : Irregular vowel length in Kui.

Number in DED : 1760

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *kuS-[Vr-]

Meaning : vegetables

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-Telugu : *kūr-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kucr-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kuc-

Notes : ?Tamil kuy.

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *kūr-

Meaning : a vegetable, garden-stuff or curry-stuff

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kūra

Number in DED : 1760

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kucr-

Meaning : vegetables, curry

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : kucce "(Br.) curry"

Naikri : kucce "cooked vegetables"

Naiki : kucce "cooked vegetables"

Parji : kucca "vegetables, greens"

Ollari Gadba : kuse "vegetables"

Salur Gadba : kucce "vegetables"

Number in DED : 1760

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *kuč`u

Meaning: grass, vegetables

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *kusu ( ~ k`-, -o-)

Uralic: ? *kOčV'moss'

Dravidian: *kuS-[Vr-]

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *kusu ( ~ k`-, -o-)

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: a k. of grass

Russian meaning: вид травы

Mongolian: *kosi-

Korean: *kòsàrí

Japanese: *kùsà

Comments: Accent correspondence is irregular. Cf. also OJ kùsúri 'medicine'. Cf. perhaps also Chuv. ku(r)žanak ( < *kösinek) 'agrimony, bur'.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *kosi-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: clover

Russian meaning: клевер

Written Mongolian: qosijaŋɣur (МХТТТ)

Khalkha: gerijn xošingor (МРС), xošōngor (МХТТТ, БАМРС)

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *kòsàrí

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: fern, bracken

Russian meaning: папоротник

Modern Korean: kosari

Middle Korean: kòsàrí

Comments: Liu 65, KED 144.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *kùsà

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: grass

Russian meaning: трава

Old Japanese: kusa

Middle Japanese: kùsà

Tokyo: kusá

Kyoto: kúsà

Kagoshima: kusá

Comments: JLTT 465.

Uralic etymology :

Number: 441

Proto: *kOčV

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: moss

German meaning: Moos

Khanty (Ostyak): kăč (V) 'Moos (zum Verdichten von Häusern', χăč (Kam.) 'Flechte (nicht Moos)' ?

Mansi (Vogul): kaš (TJ), χas (LO), kas 'Moos' ?

Selkup: k͔îč, k͔ît (k͔în) (Ta.), k͔îč (B), kît (Jel.), qe̮č (Ty.)

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : KVCV

Meaning : grass

Eurasiatic : *kuCu

Sino-Caucasian : *(x)qwV́ćV

Amerind (misc.) : *qaca 'grass' (R 334)

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *(x)qwV́ćV

Meaning: a k. of grass

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *q_wVćV

Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ʷăt ( ~q(h)ʷ-;-s)

Yenisseian: *kita ?

Burushaski: *ɣaśú

Comments and references : HGC 29. [But PY should be perhaps rather compared with PNC *ḳVdwǝ ( ~ -o) `bush'? Cf. also PAN *zukut 'grass', *lukut 'parasitic plant sp.' (Sag 16 Chin-AN).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *q_wVćV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of grass

Proto-Lezghian: *qač(a)

Proto-West Caucasian: *q́Iʷaca ( ~ -c:-)

Notes: A Lezg.-WC isogloss. See Starostin 1982, 206, Abdokov 1983, 106.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *qač(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 grass 2 feather-grass

Lezghian: qač 1

Tabasaran: qač 1

Rutul: qač 2

Kryz: qač 1 (Al.)

Comment: Cf. Lezg. erg. qč-adi. 4th class in Rut. and Kryz. Obl. stem unclear.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *q́Iʷaca ( ~ -c:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nettle

Abkhaz: á-χʷac

Abaza: qʷaca

Ubykh: ca(n)cáχʷa

Comments: PAT *qʷacV (cf. also Bzyb. á-χʷac). The Ubykh form is metathesized and partially reduplicated. Abdokov (1983, 106) cites also a dialectal Kab. form ħandǝr-qʷasa 'burdock', which may be actually borrowed from Abaz.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ʷăt ( ~q(h)ʷ-;-s)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fern

Chinese: 蕨 *kʷat fern.

Tibetan: skjas, skjes fern.

Comments: ? Cf. Jnp. (H) mǝkro the tree-fern.

Chinese characters :

Character: 蕨

Modern (Beijing) reading: jué

Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷat

Classic Old Chinese: kwat

Western Han Chinese: kwat

Eastern Han Chinese: kwat

Early Postclassic Chinese: kwat

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwǝt

Late Postclassic Chinese: kwǝt

Middle Chinese: kwǝt

English meaning : fern (pteridium aquilium)

Russian meaning[s]: бот. орляк (Pteridium aquilinum, род папоротника)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 140

Four-angle index: 4827

Karlgren code: 0301 d

Shijing occurrences: 14.2_

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *kita

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nettle, hemp

Ket: kītn¹

Yug: kitn¹

Kottish: hīta, g. hītei, pl. hītan "hemp"

Comments: ССЕ 239. Ket and Yug reflect an original plural form (cf. Kott. hītan). Werner 1, 437.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *ɣaśú

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: nettle

Yasin: ɣaśúśiŋ

Hunza: ɣaśú

Nagar: ɣaśú

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