Kulung dictionary : List with all references

Proto-Kiranti: *nǝm

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: sun, day

Sunwar: nā sun

Tulung: 'nem day, nepsuŋ sun

Kaling: nwɔm sun

Limbu: nām sun

Dumi: nām

Kulung: nam

Yamphu: nam

Comments: Toba 97 *n _am.

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: nam, na:m

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sun, sunshine

Comments: cf. liNma, nam tha:ma under tha:maʔ (5), tɔmaʔ, thamaʔ.

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: na:m

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: daylight, sun, sunshine

Nepali: ghām

Comments: cf. na:mtso, na:mtsoktim.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: nam

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sun, sunshine.

Nepali: sūrya, ghām

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nǝ̄m

Meaning: sky

Chinese: 南 *nǝ̄m South.

Tibetan: gnam, nam-mkha heaven, sky, (?) nam night.

Burmese: nam sky (Luce).

Kiranti: *nǝm

Comments: PG *nàm rain; Rawang nam sun; Trung năm²-luŋ¹; Kham nàm; Magari nam~nyam ; Chepang nyam sun; Vayu nomo sun, day; Bahing nam. Sh. 143; Ben. 148.

Chinese characters :

Character: 南

Modern (Beijing) reading: nán

Preclassic Old Chinese: nǝ̄m

Classic Old Chinese: nǝ̄m

Western Han Chinese: nǝ̄m

Eastern Han Chinese: nǝ̄m

Early Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄m

Middle Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄m

Late Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄m

Middle Chinese: nʌm

Fanqie: 那含

Rhyme class: 覃

English meaning : South

Russian meaning[s]: 1) юг; южный; повернуться к югу; отправиться на юг; 2) стар. быть правителем, управлять страной; 3) древн. южные мелодии; 4) Нань (фамилия)

Shuowen gloss: 艸木至南方. 有枝任也. 從??. ??聲.

Comments: Used also for *nǝ̄m 'a k. of song and dance' (Sch.: perhaps same word as 'South'). For *n- cf. Chaozhou, Xiamen lam², Fuzhou, Jianou naŋ².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 24

Four-angle index: 3832

Karlgren code: 0650 a-c

Vietnamese reading: nam

Jianchuan Bai: na7

Dali Bai: na7

Shijing occurrences: 4.1, 9.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 28.3_, 31.1, 32.1_, 32.2

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 693

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 南

MC description : 咸開一平覃泥

ZIHUI: 0589 1683

Beijing: nan 12

Jinan: nã 12

Xi'an: nã 12

Taiyuan: nä̃ 1

Hankou: nan 12

Chengdu: nan 12

Yangzhou: nɛ̃ 12

Suzhou: nö 12

Wenzhou: nö 12

Changsha: nan 12

Shuangfeng: nã 12

Nanchang: lan 31

Meixian: nam 12

Guangzhou: nām 12

Xiamen: lam 12

Chaozhou: lam 12

Fuzhou: naŋ 12

Shanghai: nö 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: nam 12

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