Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŏɫ

Meaning: long for, intend

Chinese: 戀 *rons to long for.

Burmese: rwaj to aim, take aim, intend.

Kachin: ron¹ to like, find agreeable (as scent or odor).

Chinese characters :

Character: 戀

Modern (Beijing) reading: liàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: ronʔs

Classic Old Chinese: rwanh

Western Han Chinese: rwanh

Eastern Han Chinese: rwanh

Early Postclassic Chinese: lwàn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwǝ̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: lwǝ̀n

Middle Chinese: lwèn

English meaning : to long for [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) страстно любить, привязаться; постоянно держать в мыслях; любовь, привязанность; 2) держаться, цепляться за (должность)

Comments: For *r- cf. Xiamen luan⁶, Fuzhou luoŋ⁶, Jianou lüiŋ⁶. Probably derived from *ronʔ (178 k-l) q.v., hence *-nʔ-s.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 61

Four-angle index: 8496

Karlgren code: 0178 m

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 2553

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 戀

MC description : 山合一去線來

ZIHUI: 2043 1821

Beijing: lian 3

Jinan: liã 3

Xi'an: luã 12

Taiyuan: liɛ 3

Hankou: nian 3

Chengdu: nian 3

Yangzhou: lî̃ 3

Suzhou: lî 12

Wenzhou: li 32

Changsha: niẽ 31

Shuangfeng: nî̃ 32

Nanchang: liɛn 32

Meixian: liɛn 3

Guangzhou: lyn 22

Xiamen: luan 32 (lit.); luan 12

Chaozhou: lueŋ 31

Fuzhou: luɔŋ 32

Shanghai: lî 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: lyen 3

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