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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[č]VHV
Meaning: a k. of cereal?
North Caucasian: PN *ča `straw', Bud. čeʕ `roasted grain'
Sino-Tibetan: *Ćɨă (?)
Burushaski: *ćha
Comments and references : ?
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ćɨă (?)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hemp
Chinese: *ća, *ćha, *ćaʔ ripe hemp, straw.
Tibetan: gco, bco, so hemp.
Comments: Tib. c- is quite irregular: perhaps the word could be considered a later borrowing from Chinese (cf. MC cjö, chjö).
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: jū
Preclassic Old Chinese: ća
Classic Old Chinese: ca
Western Han Chinese: ca
Eastern Han Chinese: cja
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjo
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjo
Late Postclassic Chinese: cjo
Middle Chinese: cjö
English meaning : ripe hemp, straw
Russian meaning[s]: 1) завертывать, заворачивать (напр. в листья); сверток; 2) конопляное семя; 3) траур; траурный
Comments: Also read OC *ćha, MC chjö (FQ 七余), OC *ćaʔ, MC cjö́ (FQ 子與) id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 623
Karlgren code: 0046 t
Go-on: so
Kan-on: siyo
Japanese reading: sho;so;asa
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *ćha
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: millet
Yasin: ća
Hunza: ćha
Nagar: ćha
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