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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *[kr]ä́t
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: bite
Sunwar: 'krajk-ca
Tulung: khret-bite rend, nibble
Kaling: 'kännä ('kädu)
Dumi: kātnɨ
Yamphu: hä:ʔma; cf. also khemma (khen-) 'bite' (?)
Comments: Toba 87 *krät.
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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: ka:tnɨ
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: vt-2a ka:d/ka:t-ka:ts/ka:s
Meaning: bite someone or something
Nepali: ṭoknu.
Comments: Khi:bɨʔa aN aka:tsǝ The dog bit me
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: hä:ʔma
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Stem: <hä:d- ; hä:t- ; hä:->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: to bite, to nibble
Comments: ma:ksa hä:.ye. (bear bite.FCT) The bear bites. marcha hä:d.u.ŋ. (chilli bite.о3.EXAG) I nibbled at a red pepper. hä:t.tik.khäʔ.ma (bite.numbed.PROC.INF) v.tr. (of crops) to do badly, to come up poorly, to be affected or injured.
Nepali: ṭoknu
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rēt (k-)
Meaning: rasp, grate, grind
Chinese: *g_rēts to make a creaking sound as of gnashing teeth.
Burmese: krit, kjit to crush down with a grinding motion, to bruise, squeeze, rub, grind, rit to reap, shear, shave.
Kachin: (Mat.) krit2 to grind (probably < Burm.); ǝkhret3, mǝkhret2, khret2 to rasp, grate, mǝret2, ǝgret3 to scratch, as a thorn, makret2, (H) kret to gnaw.
Lushai: rīt (riʔ) to cut or make or repair (as a road), to dig or cut or scrape with a hoe.
Kiranti: *[kr]ä́t
Comments: Mikir tśiŋkrit grate, grind; Rawang ǝgjit; Bahing khrit. Ben. 38; Mat. 199. Cf. *rĭt.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiè
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rēts
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rēć
Western Han Chinese: grjāś (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: griāś (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄ś (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀j (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: giẹ̄̀j (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣạ̈̀j
English meaning : to make a creaking sound as of gnashing teeth [LZ]
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0327 h
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