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Borean (approx.) : KVHV
Meaning : neck, head
Afroasiatic : *gVʔVw- ~ *ʔVgVw- (cf. also *gʷay-)
Amerind (misc.) : *koa 'forehead' (R 290); *ḳoe 'neck' (R 499) African (misc.) : Cf. Ijo kɔ_gɔu 'neck'.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ḳÚHV
Meaning: head
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhǝ̄wH
Meaning: head
Tibetan: mgo head; first place, principal part, ãgo officer, captain.
Burmese: uh head, beginning, LB *(s)ɣu.
Lushai: ? kô, KC *kô head.
Comments: Cf. also Tib. mgon principal, master; lord; BG: Garo sko, Dimasa sagau ; Digaro mkau ~ mku-ra. Sh. 50; Ben. 149. KC k- is quite irregular and suggests that there may be two roots: *k(h)ow(H) head and *qhōwH sovereign, principal - merging in some languages.
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Character: 后
Modern (Beijing) reading: hòu
Preclassic Old Chinese: ghōʔ ghōʔs
Classic Old Chinese: ghṓ
Western Han Chinese: ɣwā́
Eastern Han Chinese: ɣwā́
Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣṓw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄̀w
Middle Chinese: ɣʌ́w ɣʌ̀w
Fanqie: 菏藕
Rhyme class: 宥, 有
English meaning : prince, sovereign, a major lord
Russian meaning[s]: 1) государь, правитель; императрица; 2) после, затем, вм. 後
Shuowen gloss: 繼體君也. 象人之形. 施令. 以告四方. 故厂之. 從一口. 發號者. 君后也. 凡后之屬皆從后.
Comments: Also read *ghōʔ-s, MC ɣл̀w id. For *gh- cf. Xiamen au6, Chaozhou au4.
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 1135
Karlgren code: 0112 a-b
Vietnamese reading: hậu
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *goʔ
Meaning: brain, marrow
Ket: kɔɣat5 "marrow", (Werner 1, 444) "Knochen des Unterschenkels; Unterbein", (Werner 1, 440) kó-ńeŋ 'Knochenmark aus mehreren Knochen"
Yug: kɔʔ
Kottish: kō-naŋ, pl. -an
Comments: ССЕ 228. Ket has a compound with aʔt 'bone', with epenthetic -ɣ-; Kottish also has a compound with *nɔʔŋ > *dɔʔŋ 'brain' q. v. See Werner 1, 440 <*koʔ>, 444, 445.
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Proto-Austric: *kUʔ
Meaning: neck
Austroasiatic meaning: neck
Munda parallels: JUA koŋko
Proto-Austronesian: *pekuq
Austronesian meaning: nape, neck; *teŋuq
Austronesian code: 17:64; 23:22
Proto-Thai: gɔ:.A throat, neck
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Proto-Austro-Asiatic: *kɔ(ʔ)
Meaning: neck
Thai: gɔ:.A throat, neck
References: Kh 758; VHL 276; S-52
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Katuic etymology :
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Proto-Katuic:
Meaning: head
Proto-East Katuic: AND ʔǝkɔʔ
Notes: A loan from CHAMIC ?
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Bahnar etymology :
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Proto-Bahnaric: *kɔ
Meaning: neck
Presyllable: #
Bahnar: ʔǝkɔ:
Bahnar meaning: neck
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Proto-South Bahnaric: *kɔ, nǝ-
Meaning: neck
Other SB languages: MA kɔ:
References: SBS-392
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Proto-Viet-Muong: *koh
Meaning: neck
Vietnamese: côʔ
Tum: kaw.212
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Monic etymology :
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Proto-Monic: *kɔ:ʔ
Meaning: neck
Presyllable: #
Modern Mon: kaʔ
Old Mon: koʔ
Middle Mon: kaʔ
Nyakur: kɔ:ʔ.L
Nyakur meaning: neck
References: N110; S-52
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Palaung-Wa etymology :
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Proto-Palaung-Wa: *kɔʔ
Meaning: neck
Lamet: kɔʔ.1 neck
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Angku etymology :
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Proto-Angku: *kɔʔ, N-
Meaning: neck
Pangpin: ghɔʔ.55
Shuangdiang: ghɔ.11
Gantang: kho.35
Yongde: khɔ.15
Mang'an: ŋkhɔʔ.55
U: ŋkhɔʔ.4
Khamet: la:m.11 khɔʔ.53
Khme: khuǝ.51 ghɔ.51
References: WW-255
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