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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ƛwǝ̄rí
Meaning: wheel, roll
Comments and references : LDC 31.
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-buru,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ƛwɨ̄ri ~ *rɨ̄ƛwi
Meaning: wheel, vehicle
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The root is not widely spread, but seems both phonetically and semantically quite reliable.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *lārV
Meaning: oval cradle runners; fan of the mill wheel
Chechen: lāra
Comments: Attested only in Chech., but having probable external parallels.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *rokV ( ~ -a-)
Meaning: wheel
Tindi: raku
Comments: Isolated in Tind., but having probable external parallels.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-tnd,aandet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *ʎʷɨr
Meaning: 1 cart 2 wheel
Tabasaran: fur 1
Agul: fur 2
Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. fur 'cart', fur-ḳul 'wheel'; Ag. Bursh. fur 'wheel'. Obl. base *ʎʷɨre- (cf. Tab. fra-, Düb. furi-, Ag. furu-).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-comment,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ua]ɫ
Meaning: round, roll, wheel
Tibetan: ril, hril, rel round, globular, ãdril (p. dril) be turned, rolled round.
Lushai: hrual roll up in the hand, twist.
Lepcha: ról to roll round
Comments: PG *rVl round; Kham khwàril.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-lush,stibet-lepcha,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 輪
Modern (Beijing) reading: lún
Preclassic Old Chinese: run
Classic Old Chinese: rwǝn
Western Han Chinese: rwǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: rwǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: lwin
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwin
Late Postclassic Chinese: lwin
Middle Chinese: lwin
English meaning : wheel
Russian meaning[s]: 1) колесо; диск; круг; круглый; круговой; вращаться; обращаться; кружиться; сменяться; в круговую, по очереди, посменно; 2) пароход; 3) великий; возвышенный; 4) протяжение с севера на юг; 5) Лунь (фамилия)
Comments: For *r- cf. Xiamen lun2, Fuzhou, Chaozhou luŋ2, Jianou löŋ2.
Radical: 159
Four-angle index: 3713
Karlgren code: 0470 f
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 2095
Character: 輪
MC description : 臻合三平諄來
ZIHUI: 6544 2163
Beijing: luǝn 12
Jinan: luẽ 12
Xi'an: lyẽ 12
Taiyuan: luŋ 1
Hankou: nǝn 12
Chengdu: nǝn 12
Yangzhou: lǝn 12
Suzhou: lǝn 12
Wenzhou: laŋ 12
Changsha: nǝn 12
Shuangfeng: nuǝn 12
Nanchang: lǝn 31
Meixian: lun 12
Guangzhou: lö_n 12
Xiamen: lun 12
Chaozhou: luŋ 12
Fuzhou: luŋ 12
Shanghai: lǝŋ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: lyǝn 12
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *rìl
Meaning: roll (dough)
Sunwar: ril 'pa-ca
Tulung: ril-
Kaling: ralnä (rilu)
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: ye:ma III
Stem: <ye:s- ; ye:->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: 1) v.intr. (of flat round objects) to spin, to roll; 2) v.tr. a) to spin, to roll, to send spinning or rolling, b) to move or ride a bicycle.
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *-ltál-
Meaning: 1 to wind 2 to go round 3 to turn
Yasin: -ltáli- 1, tálen- / -ltálen- 2, -́ltalan- 3
Hunza: -ltáli- 1, talén- / -ltalan- 2, -́ltalan- 3
Nagar: -ltáli- 1, talén- / -ltalan- 2, -́ltalan- 3
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,
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