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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cuāp ( ~ ć-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: ring, circle
Chinese: 匝 *cǝ̄p (~ć-) a round, a circle.
Burmese: ćwap to put on (over the head), wear (a ring).
Kachin: čop3 to wear (as a finger-ring) (possibly from Burm.).
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: zā
Preclassic Old Chinese: cǝ̄p (~ ć-)
Classic Old Chinese: cǝ̄p
Western Han Chinese: cǝ̄p
Eastern Han Chinese: cǝ̄p
Early Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄p
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄p
Late Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄p
Middle Chinese: cʌp
English meaning : a round, a circle.
Russian meaning[s]: 1) обходить кругом; обращаться; кругооборот; 2) целый, один; один раз
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 22
Four-angle index: 799
Karlgren code: 0679 a-c
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *śṭapV̄́
Meaning: ring, circle
North Caucasian: *c̣ăpV
Sino-Tibetan: *cuāp ( ~ ć-)
Yenisseian: *tap-
Comments and references : HGC 32.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *c̣ăpV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hook, buckle
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *c̣apa-l ( ~ o)
Proto-Tsezian: *c̣api
Proto-Lezghian: *c̣ap
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *c̣apa-l ( ~ o)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: button
Chamalal: c̣apal (Gig.)
Comments: Attested only in Cham., but having probable external parallels.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *c̣api
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a metallic breast ornament
Bezhta: c̣api
Gunzib: c̣api
Comments: PGB *c̣api.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *c̣ap
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 bend, crook 2 catapult 3 latch (in a mouse-trap)
Lezghian: c̣ap-an 2
Tabasaran: c̣ap 1
Kryz: c̣iṗ 3
Comment: In Lezg. the suffixless root is preserved in the Khl. dialect: c̣ap 'button' ( < 'hook, clasp'). The Kryz. vowel is probably explained by Ablaut (reflecting the oblique base *c̣opV-, with later assimilation -p > -ṗ). 4th class in Kryz.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *tap-
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: circle, hoop
Ket: tāp, pl. ta:ŋ / ta:q
Yug: tap, pl. ta:hp
Kottish: thāpora, *thāpura, pl. -rān, *-ran, -potn, putn "Ring (von Eisen, Holz, Gold)"
Arin: tādap (Кл.) "ring"; t́ādap (М., Сл.) id.
Comments: ССЕ 280. Arin has a reduplication. Werner 2, 253 *thaph.
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