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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ṗHǝ̄m[ṭ]V̆
Meaning: a k. of bird
Comments and references : HGC 27. sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *bHǝ̄mṭV
Meaning: duck
Notes: In most subgroups the word could be borrowed from Arabic baṭṭ 'duck' (since there are, of course, no domestic waterfowl in most modern NC communities); however, some phonetic peculiarities (especially nasalisation in Tsez.) make us think of the possibility of PEC reconstruction. Besides Arabic the word is known also in Georgian (baṭi 'goose'), where it may well be borrowed (either from Nakh or also from Semitic). The problem requires a further investigation.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *bɦāṭ
Meaning: 1 duck 2 goose
Chechen: bad 1
Batsbi: baṭ 2
Comments: Obl. base *bɦāṭi- (*bɦāṭe-), cf. Chech. bēda-. 4th class in Chech., 5th class in Bacb. Cf. dialectal forms: Cheb. bād (bāde-), Shar. bʕād (bʕāda-), Khild. bʕād (bʕēde-) etc. The medial laryngeal does not allow to consider the Nakh forms as loanwords from Georg. baṭi 'goose' (a reverse direction of borrowing is more probable).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *maṭV
Meaning: goose
Tsezi: maṭi (Khaidakov)
Ginukh: maṭi
Comments: PTsKh *maṭi. Bezht. baṭi 'goose' is obviously borrowed from Georg. baṭi; but the Tsez. and Gin. word can not be explained in this way.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: baṭ
Meaning: drake, male duck
Lak form: duIʔla-baṭ
Comments: The word is from the Bartkh. dialect and cited from Khaidakov 1966; the first component is etymologically not clear (lit. 'clever baṭ').
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *baIṭ
Meaning: duck
Akusha: baIṭ
Comments: The Darg. word was probably borrowed into Lezg.: Lezg. ṗaṭ 'duck' (quite isolated among Lezghian languages).
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *PV̆t
Meaning: a k. of bird (pheasant)
Tibetan: rbad a large species of eagles
Burmese: bhut a k. of pheasant.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,
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Character: 鷩
Modern (Beijing) reading: bì
Preclassic Old Chinese: pets
Classic Old Chinese: peć
Western Han Chinese: pjaś
Eastern Han Chinese: pjaś
Early Postclassic Chinese: pjeś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pjèj
Late Postclassic Chinese: pjèj
Middle Chinese: pjèj
English meaning : a k. of pheasant [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 鷩雉 королевский фазан (Phasianus pictus)
Comments: Also read *pet, MC pjet, Pek. bie id.
Radical: 196
Four-angle index: 4575
Karlgren code: 0341 i
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *bǝntan
Meaning: a k. of wild duck (кряква)
Ket: bʌntǝn6 (КРС bʌntan)
Yug: bʌntǝn5
Comments: ССЕ 209. The stem is similar to *bǝʔn 'duck', but the meaning of the component -tan (-tǝn) is completely unclear. Werner 1, 155 *bǝnthan.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-notes,
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *paita
Meaning: duck
Bizkaian: paita
Comments: Could be a wanderwort (Arabic baṭṭ, etc.), but the Bsq phonetic form is peculiar and may be ancient. Cf. Span. and Port. pato, probably of Moorish (Arabic) origin.
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-comments,
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