Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛ[a]w

Meaning: boil, melt, mould

Chinese: 陶 *Łhū to mould, kiln; pottery, mould.

Burmese: kjǝw to boil, brew (tea), to melt.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 窯 *law (since Han) kiln.

Chinese characters :

Character: 陶

Modern (Beijing) reading: táo

Preclassic Old Chinese: Łhū

Classic Old Chinese: Łhū

Western Han Chinese: Łhǝ̄w

Eastern Han Chinese: lhǝ̄w

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhāw

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhāw

Middle Chinese: dâw

English meaning : pottery, mould; to mould

Russian meaning[s]: 1) керамика, гончарные изделия; обжигать; 2) перен. перевоспитывать, просвещать; 3) грустные думы; 4) радостно, весело; 5) Тао (фамилия)

Comments: For *Łh- cf. Chaozhou thau². Viet. lu 'large earthenware jar' is an archaic loanword; regular Sino-Viet. is d_ầo. Also read *Ław, MC jew, mod. yáo "be happy, merry".

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 170

Four-angle index: 4307

Karlgren code: 1047 d

Vietnamese reading: lu

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1323

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 陶

MC description : 效開一平豪定

ZIHUI: 7118 1317

Beijing: thau 12

Jinan: thɔ 12

Xi'an: thau 12

Taiyuan: thau 1

Hankou: thau 12

Chengdu: thau 12

Yangzhou: thɔ 12

Suzhou: dä 12

Wenzhou: dз 12

Changsha: tau 12

Shuangfeng: dǝ 12

Nanchang: thau 12

Meixian: thau 12

Guangzhou: thou 12

Xiamen: to 12

Chaozhou: thau 12

Fuzhou: tɔ 12

Shanghai: tɔ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: thau 12

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