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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *Taŋ
Meaning: cheek
Comments: Limbu and Dumi reflect a compound *ŋä̀n-Taŋ with *ŋä̀n 'face' q.v.
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-lim,kiret-yam,kiret-notes,
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: nɛdɛNba
Grammar: n.
Meaning: cheek.
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: namdaŋ
Grammar: n.
Meaning: cheek.
Nepali: gālā
yamet-prnum,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăŋ(H) (~d-)
Meaning: palm of hand; buttock
Tibetan: mthaŋ the lower part of the body.
Burmese: taŋ buttocks, posterior, LB *taŋ(x).
Kachin: mai2-daŋ2 the buttocks, (H) daŋ.
Lepcha: tŭŋ the cushion of hand, the heel of foot
Comments: Mat. 164. Cf. Motuo-Monpa ga-daŋ 'hand'. It is possible that the word for 'ear' in some TB languages also reflects a compound with this root: cf. Serdukpen khu-thuŋ, Dhimal nha-toŋ, Phom thoŋ, Rengma ńe-tiŋ.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lepcha,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 掌
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhǎng
Preclassic Old Chinese: taŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: táŋ
Western Han Chinese: táŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: ćáŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćáŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćáŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćáŋ
Middle Chinese: ćáŋ
English meaning : palm of the hand
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ладонь; ударить ладонью; лапа; 2) держать в руках; руководить, ведать, заведывать, управлять; контролировать; 3) Чжан (фамилия)
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 3266
Karlgren code: 0725 j
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 1387
Character: 掌
MC description : 宕開三上養章
ZIHUI: 2222 2273
Beijing: c̣aŋ 2
Jinan: c̣aŋ 2
Xi'an: c̣aŋ 2
Taiyuan: ca_̃ 2
Hankou: caŋ 2
Chengdu: caŋ 2
Yangzhou: câŋ 2
Suzhou: caŋ 2
Wenzhou: ći 21
Changsha: c̣an 2
Shuangfeng: taŋ 2
Nanchang: cɔŋ 2
Meixian: cɔŋ 2
Guangzhou: čö_ŋ 21
Xiamen: ciɔŋ 2 (lit.); ciaŋ 2
Chaozhou: ciẽ 21
Fuzhou: cuɔŋ 31
Shanghai: ca_̃ 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: čiaŋ 2
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dāŋʔɨ̄
Meaning: cheek, flat body part
Comments and references : WFR 83, LV Cb8. LDC 15 compare rather Tib. mdan `cheek' - but the actual form is ldan, thus hardly comparable.
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *dānʔɨ̄ (~-ū)
Meaning: cheek; gum
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular. One would be also tempted to compare Darg. Chir. dem 'mouth', but this raises several phonetic problems.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *dō-le
Meaning: gum (in mouth)
Chechen: dȫla
Ingush: dol
Comments: 3d class in Chech. and Ing. Cf. also Chech. Cheb. dwōle, Ved. dwēle, Khild. dwẹ̄lĕ etc.
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *da(HV)
Meaning: gum (in mouth)
Avar: da
Chadakolob: da-b
Andian language: da-b
Akhvakh: da-bul (Tseg.)
Karata: da-be
Comments: All Andian languages (and some Av. dialects) reflect a plural form corresponding to Av. pl. da-bí 'gums'.
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *t:an
Meaning: cheek
Rutul: dan
Tsakhur: dan
Comment: A Rut.-Tsakh. isogloss, but with probable external cognates. Obl. base *t:anɨ- (cf. Rut., Tsakh. danɨ-); 3d class in both languages.
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