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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔuʔuĺ (~x-,-χ-)
Meaning: even, smooth
Ket: u:ĺ3
Yug: u:ĺ3
Kottish: ūlam
Comments: ССЕ 199. Werner 2, 377 <*úɣǝl>.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=á̆[r]ʎwĂ
Meaning: smooth, even
Comments and references : HGC 38, DCE 31. PST *ljɨw `alike, similar, fit' may be a variant of the same root. [Cf. PU *wäĺV 'even']. sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-buru,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *=ă[r]ʎ_wĂ
Meaning: straight; even, equal
Proto-West Caucasian: *ʎʷa Notes: A common NC root with fairly good phonetic and semantic correspondences. PN and PL have forms with dental prefixes (aspectual? - cf. also the durative Ablaut grade *-i- in PL); other languages have only prefixed class markers. As for the phonetic side, there are some problems with the medial resonant (perhaps we should reconstruct *-l-, not *-r-, to account for its loss in PL), and with the Dargwa reflex: we should expect lax *-x- in PD. Violation of the phonetic rule (*ʎw > PD *x(ʷ) in tense words) may have been caused by early delabialisation (cf. an analogous delabialisation in PL). In some languages the root may have been influenced by PEC *-ăƛ_wVn 'to resemble, be similar' (or even merged with it), but the two roots certainly are to be kept separate.
The earliest form of the root could have been *ʎ_wVrĂ - this is suggested by the probable Hurr. match šir- 'to be equal, alike' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 49). The shape **=ă[r]ʎ_wĂ must have been a result of adding prefixes (*=a-ʎ_wVrĂ > *=a-ʎ_wrĂ > *=arʎ_wĂ).
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *t-arʎe-n
Meaning: similar, equal
Chechen: tera
Ingush: tara
Batsbi: tarʎe-nŏ
Comments: The pure stem *t-arʎ- can be seen in Chech. tar-dan 'to place, to fit', Bacb. tarʎ-dar 'to compare', tarʎ-dal- 'to be similar'.
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *-eʎ:-
Meaning: smooth, even
Gunzib: reʎe-ru
Comments: Attested only in Gunz., but having probable external parallels.
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: =ax=a-
Meaning: suitable, fit (for a size, measure)
Lak form: =ax=a-s:a
Comments: -x- in the Lak. form is always followed by a class marker, so it is impossible to establish whether it is morphonologically tense or lax.
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *=arx:-
Meaning: straight; right, correct
Akusha: =arx-si
Chiragh: =arx:-ze
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *t:-iʎ:ä-
Meaning: straight, even
Tabasaran: diši
Agul: dixe-f (Burk.)
Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. diš:i, Ag. (Khaid.) dix:e-f.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʎʷa
Meaning: straight, even
Abkhaz: a-jáša
Abaza: ra-jša
Adyghe: zā-fa
Kabardian: zā-xʷa
Ubykh: sʷa-x
Comments: PAT *jV-ša (with a pronominal or reciprocal prefix); PAK *za-xʷá (on the etymology of the first part see Shagirov 1, 204). The correspondence PAT *š : PAK *xʷ : Ub. sʷ points unambiguously to PWC *ʎʷ. Cf. also PAK *xʷá-da (Ad. fad, Kab. xʷada) 'similar, equal' (despite Dumézil 1932, 92; 1963, 14-15; Kuipers 1960, 113; Shagirov 2, 106 PAK *xʷa- here can hardly be analyzed as a version prefix; the semantic correlation 'straight' - 'similar, equal' is quite natural).
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jǝ̆l
Meaning: straight, level, even
Kachin: gǝjan1 straight, not bent or crooked.
Lushai: zal be level, even or smooth (as road) (cf. also zāl be of a gentle easy gradient (as road), zōl be level).
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 夷
Modern (Beijing) reading: yí
Preclassic Old Chinese: lǝj
Classic Old Chinese: lǝj
Western Han Chinese: lǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: źǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: źɨj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jɨj
Late Postclassic Chinese: jɨj
Middle Chinese: ji
English meaning : be level
Comments: Used also for homonymous *lǝj 'name of non-Chinese tribes; barbarian' and *lǝj 'be at rest, at ease, peaceful'; somewhat later also for *lǝj 'rule, custom'. Viet. lì 'level; motionless' is an archaic loan; regular Sino-Viet. is di. Another old loan from the same source may be Viet. lo'i 'to loosen, slacken, ease'.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0551 a-c
Vietnamese reading: lì
Shijing occurrences: 14.3_
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 253
Character: 夷
MC description : 止開三平脂以
ZIHUI: 1138 0711
Beijing: i 12
Jinan: i 12
Xi'an: i 12
Taiyuan: i 1
Hankou: i 12
Chengdu: i 12
Yangzhou: i 12
Suzhou: i 12
Wenzhou: ɦi 12
Changsha: i 12
Shuangfeng: i 12
Nanchang: i 31
Meixian: ji 12
Guangzhou: ji 12
Xiamen: i 12
Chaozhou: i 12
Fuzhou: i 12
Shanghai: ii 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: i 12
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *ltú-r-
Meaning: 1 to imitate 2 similar
Yasin: -ltúlum 2
Hunza: -ltúr 1
Nagar: -ltúr 1
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