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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔiʔn
Meaning: needle
Ket: iʔn, pl. ɛnǝŋ5
Yug: iʔn, pl. ɛnɨŋ5
Kottish: in, īn, pl. inaŋ, īnaŋ; (Бол.) in
Arin: in (Лоск.)
Comments: ССЕ 192. Werner 1, 390.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-kot,yenet-ari,yenet-notes,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʕwǟ́mV ( ~ *ɦw-)
Meaning: needle, awl
Comments and references : HGC 32. Cf. Ur. *äjmä 'needle'? sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦwǟmV
Meaning: awl
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ħimi Notes: An And-Tsez. isogloss.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ħimi
Meaning: awl
Andian language: himu
Akhvakh: himi
Chamalal: him
Tindi: himu / himi
Godoberi: himi
Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Tlan., Tseg., Ratl. himil, Cham. Gig. himi.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-and,aandet-akv,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-gdb,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ʔemu A
Meaning: awl
Tsezi: imu
Ginukh: imu
Khvarshi: imu
Inkhokvari: emu
Bezhta: emo
Gunzib: emu
Comments: PTsKh *ʔemu (cf. also Tsez. /Bokarev/ emu, Gin. /Lomtadze/ imu/emu); PGB *ʔemu.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qĭp ( / *qĭm)
Meaning: needle
Tibetan: khab needle.
Burmese: ap needle, LB *ɣapx.
Lepcha: kíp, a-kíp a slight narrow shoot, a slender sprout, a picker
Comments: Kanauri kebʔ; Trung wăp1; Gyarung tekyep. Sh. 140; Ben. 25. Cf. PAA *kam 'arrow, pin', Thai kam.A 'needle, spoke'. The variation *-m / *-p is somewhat unusual (*-m must be original, judging both from the external evidence and from the Austric borrowings).
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-lepcha,stibet-comments,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 針
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhēn
Preclassic Old Chinese: kim
Classic Old Chinese: kim
Western Han Chinese: kjǝm
Eastern Han Chinese: kjǝm
Early Postclassic Chinese: kjim
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kjim
Late Postclassic Chinese: kjim
Middle Chinese: ćim
English meaning : needle, pin
Russian meaning[s]: 1) игла; игольчатый; булавка; 2) стрелка; 3) колоть, делать инъекцию; 4) вышивать; зашивать
Comments: Written originally as 鍼.
Radical: 167
Four-angle index: 2226
Vietnamese reading: ghim
Jianchuan Bai: cɛ̃4
Dali Bai: ci5
Bijiang Bai: čẽr4
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-doc,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-viet,bigchina-jianchuan,bigchina-dali,bigchina-bijiang,
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 1082
Character: 針
MC description : 深開二平侵章
ZIHUI: 6859 2047
Beijing: c̣ǝn 11
Jinan: c̣ẽ 11
Xi'an: c̣ẽ 11
Taiyuan: cǝŋ 1
Hankou: cǝn 11
Chengdu: cǝn 11
Yangzhou: cǝn 11
Suzhou: cǝn 11
Wenzhou: caŋ 11
Changsha: c̣ǝn 11
Shuangfeng: ćin 11 (lit.); tin 11
Nanchang: cǝn 11
Meixian: cǝm 11
Guangzhou: čam 11
Chaozhou: cam 11
Fuzhou: ceiŋ 11
Shanghai: cǝŋ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: čiǝm 1
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