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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=arkU
Meaning: to smear
North Caucasian: *=arkV
Sino-Tibetan: *Kū (-t)
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *=arkV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to smear
Proto-Dargwa: *=ak-
Proto-Lezghian: *ʔarka ( ~ -ä)
Notes: A Darg-Lezg. isogloss. Cf. perhaps also Tind. dekʷã- 'to stick, adhere' - although the morphological structure of this form is not quite clear.
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *=ak-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to smear
Akusha: =ak-es
Comments: Cf. also Ur. =ak- / =ik- id.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ʔarka ( ~ -ä)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 to smear 2 to plaster, white-wash 3 to get dirty
Tabasaran: k-a=k- 1
Agul: ald-ark- 2
Budukh: ʕa=k- 3
Comment: Cf. also Ag. Bursh. urka- 'to smear, plaster'.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kū (-t)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: smear, sully
Chinese: *kūt, *gūt dirt, to sully.
Tibetan: skud (p. bskus, f. bsku, i. skus) to smear; to besmear, to daub, to anoint.
Comments: Peiros-Starostin 213.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-comments,

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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: gǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: kūt
Classic Old Chinese: kwǝ̄t
Western Han Chinese: kwǝ̄t
Eastern Han Chinese: kwǝ̄t
Early Postclassic Chinese: kwǝ̄t
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwǝ̄t
Late Postclassic Chinese: kwǝ̄t
Middle Chinese: kot
English meaning : dirt, to sully
Comments: Also read *gūt, MC ɣot id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0496 o
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