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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tūŋ / *tūk
Meaning: sit, stay
Tibetan: ãdug to sit, to exist, to be.
Burmese: thǝuŋ to sit.
Kachin: duŋ1 to sit.
Comments: Namsangia toŋ. Simon 11; Ben. 78; Mat. 165; Coblin 141; Gong 44.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-comments,
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Character: 逗
Modern (Beijing) reading: dòu
Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)ōs
Classic Old Chinese: d(h)ōh
Western Han Chinese: d(h)wāh
Eastern Han Chinese: d(h)wāh
Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ṑw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ǝ̄̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ǝ̄̀w
Middle Chinese: dʌ̀w
English meaning : to stop, linger [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) останавливаться; задерживаться; откладывать; медлить, оставаться; ждать; 2) идти окольным путем; увиливать, избегать; 3) завлекать, соблазнять; возбуждать; 4) фраза, вм. 讀
Comments: A probable loan from the same source is Viet. d_ỗ 'to stop; to perch, alight'.
Radical: 162
Four-angle index: 6454
Vietnamese reading: d_ậu
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-viet,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=VṭwV(ŋ)
Meaning: to sit
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: WC *ṭʷV
Meaning: to sit
Proto-West Caucasian: *ṭʷV caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-abad,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ṭʷV
Meaning: 1 sit 2 sit down
Abkhaz: a-ṭʷa-rá 1
Abaza: č̣ʷa-ra 1
Adyghe: ṭǝ-sǝ-n 2
Kabardian: ṭǝ-sǝ-n 2
Ubykh: ṭʷa-s- 2
Comments: PAT *ṭʷa-; PAK *ṭǝ-sǝ-; Ub. 1 p. sǝ-ṭʷá-sǝ-n. In AK and Ub. - a compound with the second component *sǝ q.v. (in Ub. cf. also the plural form ṭʷa-žʷa- with another second component).
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : TVNV
Meaning : to sit
globet-meaning,globet-afas,globet-scc,globet-austr,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *tinuq- (?)
Meaning: stay, dwell
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-wch,afaset-agw,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1116
Proto-Semitic: *tVnuḫ/ʔ-
Meaning: 'stay, dwell, sit'
Arabic: tnḫ [-u-], tnʔ 's'arrêter et séjourner dans un endroit' BK 1 208
Gafat: täwannä 'sit'
Gurage: tonna: Sod tonnam, Cha čonam, etc. 'sit' LGur 599
Notes: Kogan Add. to HSED 2402: more Sem.? <*nwḫ?
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-ara,semet-gaf,semet-gur,semet-notes,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *tingʷ-
Meaning: 'sit' 1, 'stay, dwell' 2
Sura: tɔ̀ŋ 2 [JgS]
Angas: tong 1,2 [Fl]
Montol: tong 1 [Fp]
Ankwe=Goemai: tong 1 [Fp]
Gerke=Yiwom: tung 1 [Fp]
Karekare: tiŋg- 1 [LkK]
Kifri=Giwo: tìngú or ting- 1[ShB]
Galambu: tungw- 1
Geruma: tùŋàá [ShV]
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-sur,wchet-ang,wchet-mnt,wchet-ank,wchet-grk,wchet-krk,wchet-krf,wchet-glm,wchet-grm,
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :
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Proto-Agaw: *tinkw-
Meaning: 'dwell'
Qwara: tänkw
Dembea: tenku
Qemant: tänkǝ
agwet-prnum,agwet-meaning,agwet-kwr,agwet-dmb,agwet-kem,
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Austric etymology :
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Proto-Austric: *dVʔŋ
Meaning: sit
Austroasiatic meaning: sit
Proto-Austronesian: *tu(n)daŋ
Austronesian meaning: sit
austr-meaning,austr-prnum,austr-aa,austr-aame,austr-an,austr-anme,
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Austro-Asiatic etymology :
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Proto-Austro-Asiatic: tVn
Meaning: sit
Proto-Khmu: *den
aaet-meaning,aaet-prnum,aaet-bah,aaet-kmu,
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Bahnar etymology :
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Proto-Bahnaric:
Meaning: sit
Proto-North Bahnaric: KAD tiǝn
banet-meaning,banet-prnum,banet-nob,
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Khmer etymology :
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Khmer: cuǝp
Meaning: come together
References: JP62
kmret-meaning,kmret-prnum,kmret-ref,
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