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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[c]VrV ?
Meaning: a k. of metal
North Caucasian: PL *c:or 'red copper'
Comments and references : HGC 33. sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sɨ̄r(H)
Meaning: yellow, bright (metal)
Tibetan: gser gold, ser yellow.
Burmese: hrwij gold, LB *sruj.
Lushai: thīr iron, KC *m?-thīr.
Comments: Mikir ser gold; BG: Garo sil, Dimasa ser; Rawang sä; Bahing syāl; Digaro si; Trung ser1. Sh. 406, 442, 192; Ben. 80.
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Character: 銑
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: sǝ̄rʔ
Classic Old Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Western Han Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Eastern Han Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄́n
Middle Chinese: síen
English meaning : bright and well-polished metal
Russian meaning[s]: 1) блестящий (о металле); блеск (металлический); 2) резец; 3) чугун; 4) 16-е число (в телеграммах)
Radical: 167
Four-angle index: 7346
Karlgren code: 0478 h
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *sèl
Meaning: iron
Tulung: sel
Kaling: sel
Comments: Toba 91 *sel.
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: sel
Grammar: n.
Meaning: iron
Nepali: phalām.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *čur-
Meaning: copper
Ket: tuĺä (Кастр.) "copper"
Kottish: šur (Бол.) "ore"
Comments: ССЕ 218-219. This Ket-Kott. parallel seems completely regular, but is not mentioned in Werner 2, 286 (where for tul'a only a reference to a very dubious Shor-Ket comparison from Чиспяков 1976 is given). Kott. šur 'ore' is mentioned in a strange context: it is compared with Arin (Лоск.) teminkur 'ore' (Werner 2, 258), but no reconstruction is given, and a remark is added: "vgl. kot. (H) šur ds., obwohl es die Grundbedeutung 'Blut' gibt". Kott. šur 'blood' is quite a different word (see *sur), while teminkur is a transparent compound with Turkic temir 'iron' as the first component. Actually, Arin -kur could in fact be a development of *čur (with the same development as in *čɨʔs > kes 'stone'), but this etymology can hardly be considered definitive as yet.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-kot,yenet-notes,
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