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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *qumɨl- (~χ-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: butterfly
Ket: qumĺej6, pl. qumɨĺejǝŋ5
Yug: xumɨĺej 6 // xumɨl 6, pl. -ǝŋ 5
Comments: ССЕ 265. Werner 2, 130.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *QwVnV̄́?
Meaning: a k. of insect
Sino-Tibetan: *kʷīn ( ~ gʷ-, Gʷ-, -ē-, -r, -ɫ)
Yenisseian: *qumɨl- (~χ-)
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷīn ( ~ gʷ-, Gʷ-, -ē-, -r, -ɫ)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a k. of insect
Chinese: *kʷīn ( ~ -ēn) millipede.
Kachin: kǝkhun1 the white ant.
Comments: Cf. also Chang kiŋ-kin 'worm'.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: juān
Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷīn (~ -ēn)
Classic Old Chinese: kwīn
Western Han Chinese: kwjǝ̄n
Eastern Han Chinese: kwiǝ̄n
Early Postclassic Chinese: kwiēn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwiēn
Late Postclassic Chinese: kwiēn
Middle Chinese: kwien
English meaning : millipede; be pure, clean, bright
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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