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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: taN
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: horn
Comments: piʔlle taN a cow's horn.
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,limet-comments,

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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *gräŋ (//*räŋ)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: horn
Sunwar: grō
Tulung: rǝŋ
Kaling: graŋ horn
Limbu: kudāŋ horn, tāŋliŋbā having horn
Dumi: go
Yamphu: sa-ǯaŋ
Comments: Toba 91 *graŋ. ? Kulung pittɔ ( < *bìn 'cow' + *gräŋ with assimilation).
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-sun,kiret-tul,kiret-kal,kiret-lim,kiret-dum,kiret-yam,kiret-notes,

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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: go
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: horn
Nepali: sin%.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: sajaŋ
Grammar: n.
Meaning: horn.
Nepali: siŋ
yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qʷrāŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: horn
Chinese: *kʷrāŋ drinking horn, a k. of ritual vessel.
Kachin: nruŋ1 a horn.
Lepcha: aróŋ
Kiranti: *(g)räŋ
Comments: Tsangla wa-roŋ (wa cow); BG: Garo groŋ, Dimasa groŋ; Moshang a-ruŋ, Namsangia roŋ; Rawang a-riŋ; Vayu, Bahing ruŋ. Sh. 406, 433; Ben. 31-32. One should note Austric: PAA *Cǝrɨeŋ, SM *dereŋ 'horn', PAN *Cuqelaŋ 'bone'.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: gōng
Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷrāŋ
Classic Old Chinese: kwrāŋ
Western Han Chinese: kwrāŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: kwrēŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: kwẹ̄ŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwẹ̄ŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: kwẹ̄ŋ
Middle Chinese: kwạ̈iŋ
English meaning : a k. of drinking vessel, horn
Russian meaning[s]: 1) чаша из рога носорога; 2) большой; 3) твердый, решительный
Shuowen gloss: �: 兕牛角可以飲者也.從角.黃聲.其狀��.故謂之�.俗�從光. [186]
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 148
Four-angle index: 7337
Karlgren code: 0706 i
Shijing occurrences: 3.3_
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *q̇_ūrV ( ~ G_-)
Meaning: horn
North Caucasian: *q̇_ūrV ( ~ G_-)
Sino-Tibetan: *qʷrāŋ
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *q̇_ūrV ( ~ G_-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: horn (for powder or drinking)
Proto-Nakh: *ʁōru
Proto-Lak: q̇uru
Notes: A Nakh-Lak. isogloss.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-lak,caucet-comment,

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *ʁōru
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: powder-flask, horn for storing powder
Chechen: ʁūra
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: q̇uru
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: drinking-horn
Lak form: q̇uru
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