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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m(r)[ɨā̆]ŋ
Meaning: brother, elder brother
Tibetan: miŋ brother in relation to his sister.
Burmese: mauŋ brother, LB *moŋ; ʔuh-mauŋh uncle.
Comments: Ben. 189, Luce 75. Cf. *māŋ. stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-comments,
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Character: 兄
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiōng
Preclassic Old Chinese: smraŋ
Classic Old Chinese: m̥raŋ
Western Han Chinese: m̥raŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: m̥reŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: hweŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hweŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: hweŋ
Middle Chinese: xwäiŋ
English meaning : elder brother
Russian meaning[s]: 1) старший брат; старший; 2) вежл. уважаемый друг (в обращении к сверстникам)
Radical: 10
Four-angle index: 7372
Karlgren code: 0765 a-e
Vietnamese reading: huynh
Shijing occurrences: 26.2, 35.2, 39.2, 49.1_, 51.1, 51.2, 58.5
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-doc,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,bigchina-viet,bigchina-shijing,
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Number: 132
Character: 兄
MC description : 梗合三平庚曉
ZIHUI: 0338 2716
Beijing: śyŋ 11
Jinan: śyŋ 11
Xi'an: śyŋ 11
Taiyuan: śyŋ 1
Hankou: śioŋ 11
Chengdu: śyoŋ 11
Yangzhou: śiɔuŋ 11
Suzhou: śioŋ 11
Wenzhou: śyoŋ 11
Changsha: śioŋ 11
Shuangfeng: śyn 11
Nanchang: śiuŋ 11 (lit.); śiaŋ 11
Meixian: hiuŋ 11
Guangzhou: hîŋ 11
Xiamen: hîŋ 11
Chaozhou: hiã 11
Fuzhou: xiŋ 11 (lit.); xiaŋ 11
Shanghai: śioŋ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: xiuŋ 1
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʔēmV
Meaning: uncle, elder brother
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ʔēmV
Meaning: paternal uncle; father
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ʔima Notes: An Av.-And.-Lezg. isogloss.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ʔima
Meaning: father
Avar: emén
Andian language: ima
Akhvakh: ima
Chamalal: ima
Tindi: ima
Karata: ima
Botlikh: ima
Bagvalal: ima
Godoberi: ima
Comments: Av. paradigm B (pl. umú-mul).
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-and,aandet-akv,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-krt,aandet-btl,aandet-bgv,aandet-gdb,aandet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *ʔem(Vj)
Meaning: paternal uncle
Tabasaran: em
Tsakhur: emi
Udi: ämi-k:
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-cak,lezget-udi,
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