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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ŁwĕɫV́
Meaning: fence
North Caucasian: *ŁwĕɫV
Sino-Tibetan: *răl
Basque: *lar̄e
Comments and references : HGC 32, NSC 63 *ŁwVɫV, WFR 39.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ŁwĕɫV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: enclosure, fence
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *kʷili
Proto-Tsezian: *kʷɔlV B
Proto-Lezghian: *ƛ:ʷel(a)
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. One of the few roots demonstrating the development of labialized *Łw in EC languages.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *kʷili
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: an open enclosure (for sheep)
Avar: lol
Akhvakh: kolo
Chamalal: kʷel
Tindi: koli
Karata: koli (Tok.)
Comments: Av. paradigm B ~ C (gen. lolí-l). Cf. also Cham. Gig. koli id. The correspondence Av. l- : PA *kʷ- points to a lateral *Łʷ in Proto-Av.-And.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *kʷɔlV B
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: fence
Tsezi: kuro
Ginukh: kore
Khvarshi: kʷere (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: kʷere
Bezhta: kalo
Gunzib: kɔle
Comments: PTsKh *kʷ[ö]Re (with not quite regular vocalic correspondence); PGB *kɔlV.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ƛ:ʷel(a)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: yard, place in front of the house
Archi: ƛoli
Comment: Isolated in Arch., but having probable external parallels.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răl
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: fence, framework
Chinese: *raj hedge.
Tibetan: ra enclosure, fence, wall; yard; dra grate, lattice; net, net-work; fence, wooden rails.
Lushai: rel to put up the framework (of a house).
Lepcha: tă-rel the lower part of outside-wall of the house
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 欄 *rān railing; pen, 羅 *rāj bird-net. Peiros-Starostin 212, Coblin 78, Gong 62. [NC *ŁwĕɫV]
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: lí
Preclassic Old Chinese: raj
Classic Old Chinese: raj
Western Han Chinese: raj
Eastern Han Chinese: re
Early Postclassic Chinese: le
Middle Postclassic Chinese: le
Late Postclassic Chinese: le
Middle Chinese: le
English meaning : hedge
Russian meaning[s]: бамбуковая ограда (изгородь)
Comments: For *r- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou li2, Fuzhou lie2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 118
Four-angle index: 873
Karlgren code: 0023 g
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 2577
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 止開三平支來
ZIHUI: 4713 0601
Beijing: li 12
Jinan: li 12
Xi'an: li 12
Taiyuan: li 1
Hankou: ni 12
Chengdu: ni 12
Yangzhou: li 12
Suzhou: li 12
Wenzhou: lei 12
Changsha: ni 12
Shuangfeng: ni 12
Nanchang: li 31
Meixian: li 12
Guangzhou: lei 12
Xiamen: li 12
Chaozhou: li 12
Fuzhou: lie 12
Shanghai: li 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: li 12
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *lar̄e
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 pasture, meadow 2 fallow land 3 heather, desert
Bizkaian: larra 1, larratz 2
Gipuzkoan: larre 1
High Navarrese: larre 1
Low Navarrese: larre 1, 3
Lapurdian: larre 1, 2
Zuberoan: lárre 1, 2
Roncalese: larratz 2
Comments: PEC *ŁwĕɫV 'enclosure, fence', with lateral assimilation.
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