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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *ch[u]́p
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: suck
Tulung: chip- suck (marrow from bone)
Kaling: 'chamnä ('chaptu) chew in sucking manner
Limbu: supmaʔ, -supt-/-sup-
Yamphu: so:pma
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: supmaʔ, -supt-/-sup-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: suck up, take draughts through a pi:tchiN
Comments: tɔNba mɛsuptu They suck up their tɔNba; cf. pi:pmaʔ.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: so:pma
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Stem: <so:b- ; so:p->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: to suck, to inhale.
Nepali: tānnu
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ć]uap
Meaning: bite, pick
Chinese: *ćǝ̄p bite; sting and suck (as a mosquito).
Burmese: ćhwap to peck, bite.
Kiranti: *ch[u]́p
Comments: An expressive root with not quite regular correspondences. Cf. also *ʒ́hV̄p.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: za
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćǝ̄p
Classic Old Chinese: cǝ̄p
Western Han Chinese: cǝ̄p
Eastern Han Chinese: cǝ̄p
Early Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄p
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄p
Late Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄p
Middle Chinese: cлp
English meaning : bite; sting and suck (as a mosquito)
Comments: Also used for *ćhǝ̄mʔ, MC chл́m, Pek. cǎn 'to have in mouth'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0660 f
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