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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŭjH
Meaning: a k. of creeping plant
Burmese: rwijh 'Abrus precatorius, a leguminous plant'
Kachin: (H) uroi a full-grown bamboo.
Lushai: hrui a creeper, KC *t?-hr2ui.
Comments: Digaro ta-ruí ~ tǝ-roi; Abor tǝrü. Sh. 409, 438; Ben. 47. Cf. Austric: PAA *riɛjh 'root', PAN *waRej 'creeper, root'.
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Character: 藟
Modern (Beijing) reading: lěi
Preclassic Old Chinese: rujʔ
Classic Old Chinese: rwǝ́j
Western Han Chinese: rwǝ́j
Eastern Han Chinese: rwǝ́j
Early Postclassic Chinese: lwíj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwíj
Late Postclassic Chinese: lwí
Middle Chinese: lwí
English meaning : name of a plant: lei creeper
Russian meaning[s]: 1) лиана, см. 櫐; 2) обвязывать; 3) бутон, вм. 蕾
Shuowen gloss: 草也.從草.畾聲.詩曰.莫莫葛藟.一曰秬**. [30]
Comments: Min colloquial reflexes are not attested, but if the word is related to 纍 *ruj 'wind round, bind' (q.v.) > Fuzhou lui2, then we must reconstruct *r-.
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 1718
Karlgren code: 0577 g
Shijing occurrences: 4.1
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