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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛĭjH
Meaning: bow, arrow
Chinese: *ƛhijʔ arrow.
Burmese: lijh bow for shooting, LB *lijx.
Kachin: kuŋ-li2 a bow, (H) lǝli id.; cf. also (H) siŋkji a poisoned and barbed arrow.
Lushai: li a spring ( as in gun), a hairspring.
Lepcha: sa-li
Kiranti: *(b)lì
Comments: Tsangla li; Mikir li fiddle-bow; BG: Garo tśri, Dimasa dźili; Rawang thǝli; Midzhu tǝli; Bahing li; Vayu li-wo. Ben. 117. Cf. PAA *lVjh 'spear'.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: shǐ
Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛhijʔ
Classic Old Chinese: ƛhíj
Western Han Chinese: ƛhjǝ́j
Eastern Han Chinese: shjǝ́j
Early Postclassic Chinese: shjíj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: shjíj
Late Postclassic Chinese: shjí
Middle Chinese: śí
English meaning : arrow
Russian meaning[s]: 1) стрела; выпустить стрелу; прямой, как стрела; 2) испражнения, помет; 3) разложить, расположить; [shì] присягнуть, принести клятву; присяга
Comments: Used also for a homonymous *ƛhijʔ 'to swear, make a solemn declaration; to line up, display, arrange'. For *ƛh- cf. Min forms: Fuzhou chi3, Chaozhou chɨ3.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 111
Four-angle index: 5034
Karlgren code: 0560 a-d
Shijing occurrences: 45.1, 45.2, 56.1, 56.2, 56.3
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Number: 205
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 止開三上旨書
ZIHUI: 4247 0501
Beijing: ṣî_ 2
Jinan: ṣî_ 2
Xi'an: si_ 11
Taiyuan: si_ 2
Hankou: si_ 2
Chengdu: si_ 12
Yangzhou: si_ 2
Suzhou: sü 2
Wenzhou: si_ 21
Changsha: ṣî_ 2
Shuangfeng: ṣî_ 12; ṣî_ 2
Nanchang: sǝt 41
Meixian: chi_ 3
Guangzhou: čhi 21
Xiamen: si 2
Chaozhou: chi_ 21
Fuzhou: chi 2
Shanghai: zi_ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: ši 42
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *lì (/*blì)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: bow, arrow
Sunwar: li-bra arrow
Tulung: blǝ metal arrowhead, nö-bli (AS nö-blö) arrow head, li-n bow
Kaling: la_phu (Toba 87) bow
Limbu: bow, lii bowstring
Kulung: bei 'arrow', li-phu 'bow'
Comments: Toba 87 *ble, *lipu.
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: liʔ
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: 1) slingshot, catapult; 2) bow
Comments: 1) vide ko:rɛʔl 2)\x cf. to:N.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: bei
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: arrow
Nepali: bāṇ.
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