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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *wĕmq̇V́ ( ~ -xq̇-)
Meaning: eye; witness
Comments and references : BCD 39.
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *wĭmq̇V
Meaning: witness; true
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *baq̇
Meaning: 1 true (adv.) 2 truth, rule
Chechen: baq̇ 1
Ingush: boq̇o 2
Batsbi: baq̇eʔ 2
Comments: In Chech. cf. also baq̇ō ( = Ing. boq̇o, Bacb. baq̇eʔ) 'rule, right, truth'.
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *muq̇V ( > *nuq̇V)
Meaning: witness
Avar: nuʕ
Comments: Av. paradigm B (plur. nuʕ-zál / nuʕ-záb).
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: bara
Meaning: witness
Lak form: bara
Comments: The Lak. form goes back to *baq̇ara (cf. PD *biq̇-ri), as clearly seen from the old Arch. loanword baq̇ǝrǝ-nnu 'witness'.
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *biq̇-ri
Meaning: witness
Akusha: biq̇ri
Comments: Cf. also Ur. biq̇ri, Kub. biq̇e id.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mjV̆k
Meaning: eye
Tibetan: mig eye, dmig hole.
Burmese: mjak eye, LB *mjak.
Kachin: mjiʔ2 eye.
Lushai: mit, KC *mik the eye.
Lepcha: mik, a-mik the eye; mark, letter; eye-sight
Comments: PG *mìC; Miri ǝmik; BG: Garo mik-ron, Dimasa mu, Bodo megón eye; Rawang mɛ ~ nɛ, Trung mĕʔ1; Kham mì; Rgyarung tĕmńăk; Kanauri migʔ eye of needle;; Moshang mak; Namsangia mit; Limbu mik, Vayu mek, Bahing mi-tśi,; Dhimal mi. Simon 10; Sh. 39, 124; Ben. 4, 409, 430; Mat. 199. Cf. also Tib. (d)mjug to show.
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 目
Modern (Beijing) reading: mù
Preclassic Old Chinese: mhuk
Classic Old Chinese: mhuk
Western Han Chinese: mhǝuk
Eastern Han Chinese: mhǝuk
Early Postclassic Chinese: mhɨuk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mhuk
Late Postclassic Chinese: mhuk
Middle Chinese: mük
English meaning : eye, eyesight
Russian meaning[s]: 1) глаза; зрение; видеть своими глазами; смотреть; уставиться; 2) именовать, обозначать; указатель, каталог, индекс; подзаголовок; тема; 3) комментарий
Comments: For *mh cf. Meixian muk7.
Radical: 109
Four-angle index: 1667
Karlgren code: 1036 a-c
Vietnamese reading: mục
Shijing occurrences: 57.3
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 203
Character: 目
MC description : 通合三入屋明
ZIHUI: 4158 0761
Beijing: mu 3
Jinan: mu 3
Xi'an: mu 11
Taiyuan: mǝʔ 41
Hankou: moŋ 3
Chengdu: mu 12
Yangzhou: mɔʔ 4
Suzhou: moʔ 42
Wenzhou: mo 42
Changsha: mo 4
Shuangfeng: mû 12
Nanchang: muk 41
Meixian: muk 41
Guangzhou: muk 42
Xiamen: bɔk 42 (lit.); bak 42
Chaozhou: mak 42
Fuzhou: muʔ 42
Shanghai: moʔ 42
Zhongyuan yinyun: mu 43
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *mìk, *mìk-c1ǝ̀
Meaning: eye
Sunwar: mīkci
Tulung: miksi
Kaling: mas (cf. also 'mikmö 'tear')
Comments: Toba 89 *miksi.
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: mik
Grammar: n.
Meaning: eye
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: miksi
Grammar: n.
Meaning: 1) eye 2) seed, pit, grain, corn
Nepali: 1) āʔkhā
Derivation: [also attested in Sasarkā ]
Comments: 2) Nep. dānā.
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: muksi
Grammar: n.
Meaning: eye, sepal of a flower
Nepali: āṃkhā.
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: mik
Grammar: n.
Meaning: eye.
Nepali: ākha
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔǝqa- ( ~ -χ-)
Meaning: to be visible
Ket: ʌʁ(a)-
Yug: ʌ́χa-
Comments: Werner 2, 409 (w.r.). Cf. also *ʔǝqa-tkV- 'to show' (Ket ʌ́tkij / ʌ́tqij, Yug ʌ́χatkej / ʌ́χatkij, see Werner 2, 413-414).
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *-moq-
Meaning: 1 face 2 cheek
Yasin: -móqiṣ 1, -móqot 2
Hunza: -móqiṣ 2
Nagar: -móqiṣ 2
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *moko
Meaning: 1 beak 2 extremity, point 3 face, façade 4 face-to-face
Gipuzkoan: moko 1, 2
Low Navarrese: mokho 1, 2, 3
Salazarese: moko 2
Lapurdian: mokho 1, 2, 3, mokhoz mokho 4
Baztanese: moko 1, 2
Zuberoan: mokho 1
Comments: Cf. Burushaski *moq- 'face, cheek'.
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : WVMKV
Meaning : face, eye
Notes : So far isolated in SC.
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