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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *č̣ä̆lʕwV ?
Meaning: sharp stick
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *č̣ä̆lʕwV
Meaning: sharp stick
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *č̣iw ( / *č̣uj)
Meaning: 1 ramrod 2 knitting needle 3 shuttle, spool
Chechen: č̣ū 1,3
Ingush: č̣ij 1,3
Batsbi: č̣uj 2
Comments: 6th class in all languages. The meaning 'sharp thing, sharp stick' is also present in anatomic compounds: Chech. č̣ū-nosta 'tibial bone, fibula', Ing. č̣ij-nosta id., Chech. č̣ū-pħars 'funny-bone, ulna'. The PN form was borrowed in Cham. č̣iwa (Gig. č̣iwa) 'sabre'.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *č̣VrV
Meaning: arrow, ramrod
Avar: č̣or
Chadakolob: č̣or
Comments: Av. paradigm A (gen. č̣óri-l); but Chad. C (č̣oró-l, č̣óra-l). Av. > Arch. č̣or 'arrow'.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-avc,aandet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: č̣ila
Meaning: knife
Lak form: č̣ila
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *č̣el: ( ~ -t:)
Meaning: wedge; point-tool, chisel; plug, cork
Archi: č̣et
Comment: Cf. plur. č̣et:-ur. The root is attested only in Archi, thus in PL both *-l: and *-t: are possible; external evidence strongly suggests *-l:.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćeɫ
Meaning: a k. of bamboo
Lushai: čāl a sp. of bamboo.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-lush,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 箭
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćens
Classic Old Chinese: cenh
Western Han Chinese: cjanh
Eastern Han Chinese: cjanh
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjèn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjèn
Late Postclassic Chinese: cjèn
Middle Chinese: cjèn
English meaning : small bamboo; arrow [L. Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) стрела; 2) малорослый бамбук (Phyllostachys bambusoides)
Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is tiễn.
Radical: 118
Four-angle index: 2850
Karlgren code: 0245 h
Vietnamese reading: tên
Jianchuan Bai: ćĩ2
Dali Bai: ći3
Bijiang Bai: cẽ2
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: 2038
Character: 箭
MC description : 山開三去線精
ZIHUI: 4628 1847
Beijing: ćian 3
Jinan: ćiã 3
Xi'an: ćiã 3
Taiyuan: ćiɛ 3
Hankou: ćian 3
Chengdu: ćian 3
Yangzhou: ćî̃ 3
Suzhou: cî 31
Wenzhou: ći 31
Changsha: ciẽ 31
Shuangfeng: ćî̃ 31
Nanchang: ćiɛn 31
Meixian: ciɛn 3
Guangzhou: čin 31
Xiamen: cian 31 (lit.); cĩ 31
Chaozhou: cĩ 31
Fuzhou: cieŋ 31
Shanghai: cî 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: cien 3
doc-charref,doc-character,doc-mcinfo,doc-zihui,doc-beijing,doc-jinan,doc-xian,doc-taiyuan,doc-hankou,doc-chengdu,doc-yangzhou,doc-suzhou,doc-wenzhou,doc-changsha,doc-shuangfeng,doc-nanchang,doc-meixian,doc-guangzhou,doc-xiamen,doc-chaozhou,doc-fuzhou,doc-shanghai,doc-zhongyuan,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *sūli
Meaning: hook (for a cradle)
Ket: śuĺ4 (South.), North. śu:ĺe4; pl. śuĺn5
Yug: suʔl // su:hl, pl. sulǝŋ5
Kottish: šūli, *šūĺe(i), pl. šūlaŋ, šūlān "Haken"
Comments: ССЕ 279. Werner 2, 213 <*suʔǝlǝ>.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-kot,yenet-notes,
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