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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mɨ̄H
Meaning: dark, dull
Chinese: *m_ǝ̄ʔ dark, confused, 悔 *smǝ̄ʔs dark, obscure.
Tibetan: rmu, rmus dullness, heaviness.
Burmese: muh be drunk, dizzy.
Kachin: (H) lǝmo be dark, black (Cf. also ma be dark, black).
Comments: Cf. also Kabui Naga *mui 'night', (?) LB *mjVx 'night'.
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: měi
Preclassic Old Chinese: mǝ̄ʔ
Classic Old Chinese: mǝ̄́
Western Han Chinese: mǝ̄́
Eastern Han Chinese: mǝ̄́
Early Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄́
Late Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄́j
Middle Chinese: mój
English meaning : each, every
Russian meaning[s]: 1) каждый, всякий; всякий раз как...; всегда, обычно, постоянно; 2) древн. хотя, хотя бы; пусть даже; 3) стар. суффикс множественного числа местоимений, вм.
Comments: For *m cf. Xiamen mui3, Fuzhou muoi3, Chaozhou mue3, Jianou mo3. Standard Sino-Viet. is mỗi. Also used for a homonymous 每 *mǝ̄ʔ 'dark, confused'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 80
Four-angle index: 4761
Karlgren code: 0947 i-k
Vietnamese reading: mọi
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Number: 421
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 蟹合一上賄明
ZIHUI: 3020 1155
Beijing: mei 2
Jinan: mei 2
Xi'an: mei 2
Taiyuan: mei 2
Hankou: mei 2
Chengdu: mei 2
Yangzhou: mei 2
Suzhou: me_ 11
Wenzhou: mai 22
Changsha: mei 2
Shuangfeng: mie 2
Nanchang: mǝi 2 (lit.); mi 2
Meixian: mi 11
Guangzhou: mui 22
Xiamen: muĩ 2
Chaozhou: mue 21
Fuzhou: muei 2
Shanghai: me_ 3
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