Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *gw[ǝ̆́]mgV̄

Meaning: hole, chute

North Caucasian: *gwɨm(V)gV

Sino-Tibetan: *khʷāŋ

Yenisseian: *kaʔŋ (~g-)

Burushaski: *gik

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *gwɨm(V)gV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tube, chute

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *gVmVgV

Proto-Lezghian: *k:ʷɨmk:

Notes: An Av.-Lezg. isogloss, but both semantically and phonetically quite plausible.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *gVmVgV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tube, chute

Avar: gomóg

Comments: Av. paradigm C (gongí-l, gónga-l).

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *k:ʷɨmk:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 tube, chute 2 tube, tube-shaped vessel 3 gutter

Lezghian: gung 1

Budukh: gung 3

Archi: gak:i 2

Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Akht. k:ɨng (indicating that g- in Lezg. lit. is a later assimilation). Lezg. > Turk. künk 'watering tube' (without any Turkic connections).

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷāŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grave, excavate

Chinese: 壙 *khʷāŋs grave pit.

Tibetan: skuŋ-ba (p. bskuŋs, f. bskuŋ) to hide in the ground, bury, inter.

Burmese: khauŋh coffin, khauŋ to excavate in a slanting direction, LB *khVŋ dig.

Lushai: kuaŋ a coffin, a trough, a groove, KC *r-kuaŋ ~ *khoŋ.

Kiranti: *khoŋ 'trough'

Comments: Garo riŋ-koŋ trough; Namsangia khuon-kho coffin; Rgyarung -źgo coffin. Sh. 47, 122, 477.

Chinese characters :

Character: 壙

Modern (Beijing) reading: kuàng

Preclassic Old Chinese: khʷāŋs

Classic Old Chinese: khwāŋh

Western Han Chinese: khwāŋh

Eastern Han Chinese: khwāŋh

Early Postclassic Chinese: khwā̀ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: khwā̀ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: khwā̀ŋ

Middle Chinese: khwầŋ

English meaning : grave pit

Russian meaning[s]: 1) могила; 2) подвал; 3) пустой; пустырь; степь; 4) см. 曠

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 32

Four-angle index: 8150

Karlgren code: 0707 n

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *khoŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: trough

Limbu: phakkho:N

Dumi: kho:

Kulung: bɔkkhɔN

Yamphu: akkhoŋ 'trough', khaŋraŋ 'big round basket', khoŋ 'copper bowl'

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: phakkho:N

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: feeding trough for pigs.

Derivation: [< phak pig]

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: kho:

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: pot, pan, cooking vessels (of all sorts)

Nepali: bartan

Derivation: [also attested in Sasarkā ]

Comments: cf. kobo, koptsa, selap.

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: bɔkkhɔN

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: bamboo water-channel, trough

Nepali: ḍuṃḍ.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: akkhoŋ

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: trough.

Nepali: okhal

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *kaʔŋ (~g-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hole

Ket: kaʔŋ, pl. kaŋen⁵

Yug: kaʔŋ, pl. kaŋɨn⁵

Pumpokol: kan (Срсл.) [Yug?]

Comments: ССЕ 234. Werner 1, 417.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *gik

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: 1 anus, vulva; intestine with fat 2 ring, finger-ring, ear-ring

Yasin: gikín, kikín 2

Hunza: gik 1, gikín 2

Nagar: gikín 2

Comments: In Hun. contaminates with *giṭ q.v. Sh. gik `Lende', khikín `ring' (T. 3152) [Skt. MBh. kiŋkiṇī- `small bell', hardly Aryan and hardly having anything to do with Sh. khikín].

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