Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xŋwaŋħV

Meaning: fish

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *χ_wanħV ( = *f_anħV?)

Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ(j)ă

Yenisseian: *bo(ʔ)ŋ-

Comments and references : In PY cf. perhaps rather *biń 'a piece of fish'.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *χ_wanħV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fish

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *χʷamʔi

Proto-Lak: ħawa

Proto-Lezghian: *χI:an:

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *χʷamʔi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fish

Andian language: χʷami

Chamalal: χʷam

Tindi: χʷã

Karata: χ:ʷãj (Anch.)

Comments: The notation χ:ʷ in Kar. Anch. is probably a misspelling (χʷ should be expected).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: ħawa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fish

Lak form: ħawa

Comments: Cf. Khosr. haIwa id.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *χI:an:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fish

Lezghian: ʁed

Rutul: χIat (Shin.)

Comment: In Auslaut it is possible to reconstruct both *-n: (with secondary unvoicing *-n: > *-d > -t in the Rutul dialect) and *-t:, but external evidence speaks in favour of the first solution.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ(j)ă

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fish

Chinese: 魚 *ŋha fish.

Tibetan: ńa fish.

Burmese: ŋah fish, LB *ŋhax.

Kachin: ŋa³ fish.

Lushai: ŋha fish, KC *ŋha\.

Kiranti: *ŋǝ̀

Comments: PG *tàrŋa; BG: Garo na-tŏk, Bodo ŋa ~ na, Dimasa na; Chepang ŋa ~ nya; Tsangla ŋa; Moshang ŋa'; Namsangia ŋa; Kham ŋā̀^L; Kaike ŋā; Trung ŋa¹-plăʔ¹. Simon 13; Sh. 36, 123, 407, 429; Ben. 47; Mat. 192; Luce 2.

Chinese characters :

Character: 魚

Modern (Beijing) reading: yú

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋha

Classic Old Chinese: ŋha

Western Han Chinese: ŋha

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋha

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋho

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋho

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋho

Middle Chinese: ŋö

English meaning : fish

Russian meaning[s]: 1) рыба; рыбный; рыбий; 2) рыболовство, рыбное дело; рыболовный; 3) обр. письмо; 4) 6-е число (в телеграммах); 5) Юй (фамилия)

Shuowen gloss: 水蟲也.象形.魚尾與燕尾相似.凡魚之屬皆從魚. [575]

Comments: For *ŋh- cf. Xiamen hi², Chaozhou hɨ².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 195

Four-angle index: 8577

Karlgren code: 0079 a-f

Vietnamese reading: ngu'

Jianchuan Bai: ŋü4

Dali Bai: ŋü5

Bijiang Bai: ŋü4

Shijing occurrences: 10.3, 43.3

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1330

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 魚

MC description : 遇合三平魚疑

ZIHUI: 7625 0999

Beijing: y 12

Jinan: y 12

Xi'an: y 12

Taiyuan: y 1

Hankou: y 12

Chengdu: y 12

Yangzhou: y 12

Suzhou: y 12

Wenzhou: ŋo_y 12

Changsha: y 12

Shuangfeng: y 12

Nanchang: ńiɛ 31

Meixian: ńi 12

Guangzhou: jy 12

Xiamen: hu 12 (lit.); hi 12

Chaozhou: hɨ 12

Fuzhou: ŋy 12

Shanghai: y 32 (lit.); ŋ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: iu 12

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *ŋǝ̀

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: fish

Tulung: ŋō

Kaling: ŋö

Limbu: ŋā, nā

Dumi: ŋɨ

Kulung: ŋa

Yamphu: na, ŋa

Comments: Toba 90 *ngo(y).

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: na

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: fish.

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: Nɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: fish

Nepali: māchā.

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: Na

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: fish

Nepali: māchā.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: na

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <ŋa>

Grammar: n.

Meaning: fish.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *boŋ-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: herring

Ket: bɔŋtuɣ⁶, pl. bɔŋtu:ń³

Comments: The second part probably contains -tiɣ (PY *cīk-) 'fish' (with vocalic assimilation). Like many other fish names the stem is probably of Altaic origin (cf. PA *mVńVk`V 'a k. of fish', whence Yak. majaɣas 'сиг', Mong. munig 'уклейка' etc.).

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : NVNV

Meaning : a k. of fish

Eurasiatic : Ur. *ńowŋa salmon

Afroasiatic : *nun-

Sino-Caucasian : *xŋwáŋħV

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nun-

Meaning: fish

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *nūn- 'fish'

Central Chadic: *nōn- 'kind of fish' (unless <Arab.)

Notes: Highly doubtful.

Semitic etymology :

Central Chadic etymology :

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