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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *mĕɫʒ́_V
Meaning: place, earth
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *mĕlʒ́_V
Meaning: place, ground
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *mott
Meaning: 1 bed 2 place
Chechen: mott 1
Ingush: mott 1
Batsbi: mott 1,2
Comments: Obl. base *matti-, cf. Chech. metta-, Ing. metto. Cf. also the derived form *matt-iḳ > Chech. mettig, Ing. mottig (with vowel levelling) 'place'.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *mɔče A
Meaning: place; ground; field
Tsezi: moči
Ginukh: moči
Bezhta: mače
Gunzib: mɔče
Comments: PTsKh *moče, PGB *mɔče (cf. also Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. mäče). The PTs oblique stem can be reconstructed as *mičV- > PTsKh *mičV- (Tsez. /Bokarev/ meče-, /Imnaishvili/ mečo-), PGB *mičV- (Gunz. mičo-, Bezht. Tlad. /Bokarev/ miča-).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *mez
Meaning: place
Akusha: mer
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *mä(l)č̣: ( ~ -a-,-č̣)
Meaning: place
Archi: mač̣
Comment: Isolated in Arch., but having good external parallels.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛăj
Meaning: earth, ground
Tibetan: gźi-ma ground, floor.
Burmese: mrij earth, ground, (?) laj-kwaŋh rice field; LB *mlij.
Lushai: lei earth, ground, the world, KC *ŋ-lei.
Comments: Mikir mili ~ meli sand bank; Trung mǝ3-li2 earth; Manyak mǝli~mli; Midzhu nai. Sh. 24, 184; Ben. 44. For the Chinese form an alternative comparison with Tib. lder clay also can not be excluded (although it is less probable).
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 地
Modern (Beijing) reading: dì
Preclassic Old Chinese: Łhajs
Classic Old Chinese: Łhajh
Western Han Chinese: Łhajh
Eastern Han Chinese: lheh
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhè
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhè
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhè
Middle Chinese: dì
English meaning : earth
Russian meaning[s]: 1) Земля (планета); земной шар; земной; 2) земля; земельный; участок, угодье, поля; 3) район; место; положение; местный; 4) основа, основание; фон (напр. картины, вышивки); пол, низ; 5) основной характер, природа; степень, качество; [-de] 1) суффикс наречий, вм. 的; 2) суффикс глагольных обстоятельств, вм. �
Comments: MC dì is irregular (*ḍè would be normally expected). Another irregularity is the Siam. loan dhī́, pointing to PT *d- and rather OC *Łaj-s than *Łhaj-s (in RDFS 130 listed as a reflex of an unaspirated consonant).
Radical: 32
Four-angle index: 7255
Karlgren code: 0004 |b ́
Vietnamese reading: d_ịa
Jianchuan Bai: ći3
Dali Bai: ći3
Bijiang Bai: ʒ́ĩ2
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-doc,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,bigchina-viet,bigchina-jianchuan,bigchina-dali,bigchina-bijiang,
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 250
Character: 地
MC description : 止開三去至定
ZIHUI: 0966 0578
Beijing: ti 3
Jinan: ti 3
Xi'an: ti 3
Taiyuan: ti 3
Hankou: ti 3
Chengdu: ti 3
Yangzhou: ti 3
Suzhou: di 32
Wenzhou: dei 32
Changsha: ti 32
Shuangfeng: di 32
Nanchang: thi 31
Meixian: thi 3
Guangzhou: tei 32
Xiamen: te 32 (lit.); tue 32; ti 32
Chaozhou: ti 32
Fuzhou: tei 32
Shanghai: ti 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: ti 3
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