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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *HaṗV̆
Meaning: paw, extremity
Comments and references : BPD 6.
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *HaṗV̆
Meaning: paw, extremity
Proto-West Caucasian: *ṗV Notes: A Tsez-WC isogloss; correspondences are regular, and it seems safe to reconstruct the root for PNC.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-cez,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ʔaṗa
Meaning: paw
Ginukh: aṗa
Bezhta: aṗa
Gunzib: aṗa
Comments: PGB *ʔaṗa (the MSU Gunz. record is ɔṗɔ which is probably faulty; Bokarev has aṗa).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-gin,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ṗV
Meaning: extremity
Abkhaz: -ṗǝ
Abaza: -ṗǝ
Ubykh: -ṗa
Comments: The root is present only in compounds: *ʎ́a-ṗV 'foot' (PAT *š́aṗǝ, Ub. ʎā-ṗá) q.v., PAT *na-ṗǝ, Ub. q̇ā-ṗá 'hand' q.v.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bē̆jH
Meaning: hip, femur
Tibetan: dpji hip, hip-bone.
Lushai: phei the leg, the lower leg.
Comments: Thankur -phǝ́y leg. Gong 63.
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Character: 髀
Modern (Beijing) reading: bì
Preclassic Old Chinese: peʔ
Classic Old Chinese: pé
Western Han Chinese: pé
Eastern Han Chinese: pjé
Early Postclassic Chinese: pjé
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pjé
Late Postclassic Chinese: pjé
Middle Chinese: pjé
English meaning : thigh [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) зад; гузка; 2) бедро, ляжка
Comments: Also read *bēʔ, MC bíej, Mand. bì id. Standard Sino-Viet. readings are tỳ (for MC pjé, with an irregular tone) and bễ (for MC bíej). Viet. vế may in fact reflect VM *C-pelʔ (PAA *pVr 'thigh') in which case it has nothing to do with Chinese.
Radical: 188
Four-angle index: 2287
Karlgren code: 0874 f
Vietnamese reading: vế
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *Hapo
Meaning: 1 hoof (of larger animals) 2 hoof (of smaller animals)
Bizkaian: apo 1, apatx 2
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : HVPV
Meaning : paw, foot
Afroasiatic : *baʔ/w- (Chad.)
Amerind (misc.) : *VpV 'foot, leg' (under *peti 'foot' R 287)
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