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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(r)ūt ( ~ g-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: scratch, glide, rub
Chinese: *grūt slippery, smooth (?)
Burmese: kut scratch, scrape.
Kachin: khut2 scrape, rub, gut2 glean, glide; to clean from lice by means of the fine comb.
Lepcha: krát to comb as hair, to rake, scratch, to dress or card as woollen garments; hut to scratch
Comments: Limbu khōpmaʔ (khōt-) 'comb, scratch, scrape'; BG: Garo ka-kit itch, Dimasa khu engrave on wood; Rawang tśǝkut itch. Ben. 81.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: huá
Preclassic Old Chinese: grūt
Classic Old Chinese: grwǝ̄t
Western Han Chinese: grwǝ̄t
Eastern Han Chinese: grwǝ̄t
Early Postclassic Chinese: gwǝ̣̄t
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gwiǝ̣̄t
Late Postclassic Chinese: gwiǝ̣̄t
Middle Chinese: ɣwạ̈t
English meaning : slippery, smooth
Russian meaning[s]: 1) гладкий, скользкий; скользить; поскользнуться; 2) хитрый; вкрадчивый; изворотливый; 3) Хуа (фамилия); [huá gǔ] смешной, комичный
Comments: For *g- cf. Xiamen kut8, Chaozhou kuk8, Fuzhou kok8, Jianou ko8.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 3551
Karlgren code: 0486 e
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1650
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山合二入黠匣
ZIHUI: 3323 0129
Beijing: xua 12
Jinan: xua 12
Xi'an: xua 12
Taiyuan: xuǝʔ 41 (lit.); xuaʔ 41
Hankou: xua 12
Chengdu: xua 12
Yangzhou: xuaʔ 4
Suzhou: ɦuaʔ 41
Wenzhou: ɦo 42
Changsha: fa 4
Shuangfeng: ua 31
Nanchang: uat 41
Meixian: vat 42
Guangzhou: uāt 42
Xiamen: kut 42
Chaozhou: kuk 42
Fuzhou: kuaʔ 42
Shanghai: uaʔ 42
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wɨ̆́ntV̄ (/*xqwɨ̆́nṭV̄?)
Meaning: to smear, scrape
North Caucasian: *q_wanṭV ( ~ -ɨ̆-,-ĕ-,-m-) ?
Sino-Tibetan: *k(r)ūt ( ~ g-)
Yenisseian: *git (*giʔit)
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *q_wanṭV ( ~ -ɨ̆-,-ĕ-,-m-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: broom; comb
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *q:ʷanṭa ( ~ o)
Proto-Lak: q:ʷaṭa
Proto-Dargwa: *q:ʷaṭ
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Seems satisfactory both semantically and phonetically.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *q:ʷanṭa ( ~ o)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: broom
Chamalal: q:ʷanṭ
Tindi: q:ʷanṭa
Karata: q:arṭa
Bagvalal: q:arṭa (Tlis.)
Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. q:aṭa, Kar. Tok. q:ʷarṭa. Tind. (or Cham.) > Inkh. qoṭo id.
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: q:ʷaṭa
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: comb
Lak form: q:ʷaṭa (Khosr.)
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *q:ʷaṭ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: comb for carding wool
Chiragh: q:ʷaṭ
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *git (*giʔit)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to smear
Ket: kīt, kītɛt 'scrape; smear' (Werner 1, 436)
Yug: kīt / ki:t3 (Кастр. tabgīt)
Kottish: thakīt "smearing", thačakītaŋ "to smear", praet. thalakītaŋ, imp. thalkīt, pass. thalākīt; šikīt 'rubbing', bakītaŋ, praet. balakītaŋ, imp. alkīt, pass. balākit 'to rub'
Comments: ССЕ 227. Werner 1, 436 (w.r.).
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