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West Katuic etymology :
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Proto-West Katuic:
Meaning: to cut
Bru Van Keu: kakɨt
Bru Van Keu meaning: to cut in chunks
wkatet-meaning,wkatet-prnum,wkatet-vkv,wkatet-vkvme,
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Katuic etymology :
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Proto-Katuic: *kut
Meaning: to cut
Presyllable: #
References: P-214; TK16.483; TK16.150
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East Katuic etymology :
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Proto-East Katuic: *kut
Meaning: to cut
Presyllable: #
Pakoh: kut, khut
Pakoh meaning: to cut in pieces
Lao Katu: kut
Lao Katu meaning: to cut off
Kri: taŋkut stub, stump (v.)
Chatong: kut; takut stub, stump (v.)
Kantu dialects: tigut
Triw: kut
Dakkan dialects (1): ku:t V?
Katu dialects (1): kut
Katu meaning: to cut; ku:t to cut throat
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Austro-Asiatic etymology :
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Proto-Austro-Asiatic: *kut / *ku:t
Meaning: cut
Thai: kuʔd to cut out
Proto-Khmu: *ku:t
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Monic etymology :
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Proto-Monic: *ku:t
Meaning: to cut ogg
Presyllable: #
Modern Mon: kut
References: V128
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Austric etymology :
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Proto-Austric: *kut
Meaning: cut
Austroasiatic meaning: cut
Proto-Thai: kuʔd to cut out
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : KVTV
Meaning : chopped piece, to cut
Amerind (misc.) : *ḳaṭi 'break' (R 89), *q̇ʷat 'cut' (R 156) [+ A K] African (misc.) : Bantu *-kèt- 'cut'.
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *ḳUṭV
Meaning: cut
References: МССНЯ 360. Bomhard 1996, 178: IE *kʷed-. Kartv. *ḳwe(ś)t- rather = Sem. *ḳVc̣Vd- (see ND 1210 *ḳUśdV 'chop, cut'). ND 1217 *ḲotV 'tip, end, sharp point' (IE *kʷēd- : Alt. + differ. Drav. + Cush.). ; 1222 *ḲutʡV ~ *ḲuṭʡV 'to cut off, tear off' (quite dubious FU and Turk. + Sem. and Bj.). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-kart,nostret-drav,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *ok-, *oket- <PIH *o-)
Meaning: to furrow, harrow; harrow
Hittite: akkala- c. `Furche' -- oder: akkala- c. 'tiefgehender Pflug' (so Benveniste HIE, otherwise Kronasser EHS 172, Tischler 9-10)
Old Greek: *oksínǟ ~ -ī́- f.?: oksína 'harrow' Hsch.ж ógmo-s m. `Schwad, Reihe abgemähten Grases oder Getreides; Streifen Land, das abgemäht oder auf andere Weise bearbeitet wird oder werden soll; Ackermass'
Latin: occa f. `Egge'
Celtic: OCymr ocet, NCymr oged `Egge', Corn ocet `Egge', Bret ogued `Egge'
Russ. meaning: борона
References: WP I 26 f
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *ak-ē̂t-iā̃ f., *ak-ē̂t-ia- c., *ak-ē̂- vb.
Meaning: harrow
Lithuanian: akḗčiōs, ekḗčiōs pl. 'Eggen'; ekḗtis, gen. -čiō `Egge'; ekḗti, akḗti `egen'
Lettish: ecēsa (Druw., BW.), pl. ecēšas, ecêkšas (Ronneb., Smilt., Trik.), ecēža (Preili) `Egge', ecêt (-ēju, -ēju) `eggen'
Old Prussian: aketes pl. `Eggen' V.255
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *agíɵō, *agjan- vb.
Meaning: rake, harrow
Old English: egeɵe, egɵe `a rake, harrow', ecgan, prt. egede `to harrow'
Old Saxon: egitha `Egge', eggian `eggen'
Middle Dutch: eghe; eghede
Dutch: eg, egge, eegde; eggen vb.
Middle Low German: ēgede, eyde; egen wk.
Old High German: egida (8.Jh.) `Ege'; eggen (10. Jh.) `eggen'
Middle High German: ɛgede, eide wk. f. 'egge'; ɛggen, ɛgen wk. `eggen'
German: Egge f. (seit 15.Jh. < Verb), eggen schw. v.
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *k`i̯ōt`e
Meaning: a k. of knife or arrow
Russian meaning: вид ножа или стрелы
Comments: A Western isogloss. In Turkic one would expect a closed *ẹ̄, but in fact Chuv. katmak points to an open vowel. This may be due to a natural contamination of this root with the reflex of PA *ki̯ā́tu 'sharp tool, notch' q. v. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,
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Proto-Turkic: *kēt-men
Meaning: hoe, mattock
Russian meaning: мотыга
Old Turkic: ketmen (OUigh.)
Turkish: gedmen
Middle Turkic: ketmen (Sangl.) Uzbek: ketmɔn
Uighur: kätmän
Azerbaidzhan: kätmän
Turkmen: kǟtmen
Chuvash: katmak
Kirghiz: ketmen-
Bashkir: kätmän
Comments: VEWT 259, ЭСТЯ 3, 30-31, 5, 65-66, EDT 704. Usually derived from *gēt- 'to notch' - but the semantic shift is not quite satisfactory, and the Oghuz languages (except Turkish with a secondary analogy) systematically distinguish *g- in 'notch' and *k- in 'hoe'. turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-chg,turcet-uzb,turcet-uig,turcet-azb,turcet-trm,turcet-chv,turcet-krg,turcet-bas,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *kituga
Meaning: knife
Russian meaning: нож
Written Mongolian: kituɣa, qutaɣa, qutuɣa (L 474) Middle Mongolian: kituqai (SH), k[i]tɣa (IM), kīdūɣa (Lig.VMI), kituɣa (MA) Khalkha: xutga
Buriat: xutaga, (зап.) xotigo
Dongxian: qudoɣo
Shary-Yoghur: χudaʁa
Monguor: ćidoGo (SM 445) Comments: MGCD 393. Mong. > Man. kitukan 'scissors' (see Rozycki 140). monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-dun,monget-yuy,monget-mgr,monget-mogh,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *(x)utu, -ke
Meaning: 1 knife on a shaft 2 a k. of arrow
Russian meaning: 1 тесак (на коротком древке) 2 стрела-однозубец
Evenki: utu, utut 2, utkēn 1
Even: ötken 1
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *ḳwe(ś)t-
Russian meaning: отсекать, отрезать
English meaning: to cut off
Georgian: ḳvet-; na-ḳvet- 'segment'
Megrel: ḳvat-; no-ḳvet- 'segment'
Svan: ḳwt-, ḳwešd-, ḳwšd-
Laz: ḳvat-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 111, EWK 196-197. Иллич-Свитыч (МССHЯ 360) сравнивает с драв. *kott- 'резать, рубить, копать'. Бомхард (1996, 178) добавляет ПИЕ *kʷed- 'точить, сверлить'.
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *kot-
Meaning : to peck
Proto-South Dravidian: *kot- Proto-North Dravidian : *qot- dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-gnd,dravet-ndr,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *kot-
Meaning : to peck
Tamil : kottu (kotti-)
Tamil meaning : to grub up, hoe, peck (as a bird), bite (as a snake), chop, hack, mince, carve; n. grubbing, mincing, pecking, biting (as a serpent), gashing, a small hoe for rooting out weeds
Tamil derivates : kottal pecking; kottan_ a mason; kontu (konti-) to peck, mince, gnaw, gore, pierce; pick up shells, etc., from the floor before a thrown-up shell comes down (as in gmae played by girls); kontal picking, nibbling
Malayalam : kottuka
Malayalam meaning : to dig, carve, peck, pick up, bite (as snakes), strike, cut
Malayalam derivates : kottu stinging, digging, pecking, picking up; kotti pick-axe, stone-digger, carver
Kannada : kottu
Kannada meaning : to chop, mince
Kodagu : kott- (kotti-)
Kodagu meaning : to pick up with single sharp motion, peck
Kodagu derivates : kotti para game of jackstones
Tulu : godduni
Tulu meaning : to pick or devour, as a fowl
Number in DED : 2091
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *kot-
Meaning : to peck
Kota : kot- (koty-) "to peck, bite, hook (small stick) in playing tipcat"
Toda : kwɨɵk- (kwɨɵky-) "to peck, (snake) bites"
Additional forms : Also Kota kot a peck
Number in DED : 2091
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kot-
Meaning : to peck
Notes : This root should not be confounded with *gond- 'to cut, hack', as it is in DEDR 2091. Causative conjugation in PGn.
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Konda etymology :
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Konda : kot- (-t-)
Meaning: to hammer, hit hard on the top
Konda (Burrow/Bhattacharya) : kot- (-t-) "to peck"
Number in DED : 2091
konet-meaning,konet-prnum,konet-konda_bb,konet-dednum,
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :
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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kot-
Meaning : to beat, pick; to dig
Kui : kospa (kost-) "to beat, strike with stick or mallet; peck, bite, sting; n. a beating, bite, sting"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : kōthali "to hoe"
Kuwi (Schulze) : kothnai "to pick (with pickaxe)"
Sunkarametta Kuwi : kot- (-h-) "to dig with hoe"
Kuwi (Israel) : kot- (-h-) "to peck, hoe"
Additional forms : Also Kuwi_S kotpinai to haggle, hash (i.e. mince; pl. action)
Notes : In Kui -tp- > -sp-.
Number in DED : 2091
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North Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-North-Dravidian : *qot-
Meaning : to cut by striking, slash, inflict a gash, wound by a blow from any heavy and sharp-edged instrument, decapitate
Kurukh : xotnā/xosnā (xottas)
Notes : Although the root is found only in Kurukh, the reconstruction on the NDR level is certain because of the derivative *kot-g-, present both in Kurukh and Malto
Number in DED : 2091
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳaṭ-/*ḳuṭ-
Meaning: cut, break
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 554
Proto-Semitic: *ḳʷVṭ-
Meaning: 'cut' 1, 'cut grass' 2
Arabic: qṭṭ [-u-] 1
Geʕez (Ethiopian): qʷṭṭ 2
Amharic: qʷṭṭ 1
Notes: The vocalism *u may be reflected in labialized velars of Gz and Amh ||
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ḳat-
Meaning: 'circumcise'
Baiso: ḳat-
Notes: Dissimilation of emphatics
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South Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-South Cushitic: *ḳat-
Meaning: 'circumcise'
Alagwa (Wasi): qeet-is- (-)
Burunge (Mbulungi): qeet-is- (-)
Qwadza (Ngomvia): ḳat-
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Dahalo etymology :
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Dahalo: ḳaaṭ-aad-
Meaning: 'divide'
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *ḳuṭ-
Meaning: 'cut'
Kafa (Kaficho): ḳuṭ-
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wǝ̆́twV
Meaning: chopped piece, to cut
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *q̇_ǝ̆twV
Meaning: stump, board, chopped piece
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. In PL we have to assume an assimilation (*-t- > *-ṭ-), which is usual in roots containing two stops. With secondary semantic development 'piece' > 'piece of bread' cf. perhaps also Darg. Chir. q̇uṭur 'piece of bread, cake' (cf. a similar process under PEC *q̇ăc̣ɨ̆).
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *q̇:atʷV ( ~ -o-)
Meaning: 1 lid, cover 2 to cut, chop
Avar: q̇oṭ- 2
Chadakolob: q̇uṭ- 2
Chamalal: q̇:atʷ 1
Karata: q̇:ʷaṭa (Leksika) 1
Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. q̇:atu 'lid, cover'. The original meaning is 'chopped block' - cf. the external evidence and the Avar verb (obviously denominative - cf. the similar usage of *q̇aṭ in Lezghian languages).
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ɔtu
Meaning: board 1 splinter
Ginukh: q̇ot 1
Khvarshi: q̇ot
Inkhokvari: q̇Iotu
Comments: PTsKh *q̇ot(u).
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *q̇aṭ
Meaning: 1 piece, chopped block 2 small beam 3 remnant
Lezghian: q̇aṭ 1
Tabasaran: q̇aṭ 1
Agul: q̇aṭ 1 (Bursh.)
Rutul: q̇aṭ 1 (Shin.)
Tsakhur: q̇aṭ 2
Kryz: q̇äṭ 3
Budukh: q̇aṭ 1
Comment: Obl. base *q̇aṭɨ- (cf. Tsakh. q̇aṭɨ-). In Lezg. cf. also the verb q̇aṭu-z 'to guess, to reason' (*'to put pieces together'). The stem is widely used in compound verbs: cf. Rut. q̇aṭ haʔas 'to break', Tab. q̇aṭ aṗuz 'to cut, chop', Ag. q̇aṭ aq̇as 'to cut, chop, break'.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷāt (~ gʷ-; r-)
Meaning: cut, divide
Burmese: khut to strike with the edge of a knife, gash, chop, hew.
Kachin: khot2 to cut, shape, (H) lǝkhot id.
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Character: 夬
Modern (Beijing) reading: guǎi
Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷēt
Classic Old Chinese: kwēt
Western Han Chinese: kwjāt
Eastern Han Chinese: kwiāt
Early Postclassic Chinese: kwiēt
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwiēt
Late Postclassic Chinese: kwiēt
Middle Chinese: kwiet
English meaning : archer's thimble
Russian meaning[s]: 1) вторая из гексаграмм в книге Ицзин; второй; 2) решительный
Comments: Also read *kʷrāt-s, MC kwạ̀j, Pek. guài 'to divide, make a breach'.
Radical: 37
Four-angle index: 5082
Karlgren code: 0312 a
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *gaṭ-
Meaning: bite
Yasin: gaṭ-́
Hunza: gaṭ-́
Nagar: gaṭ-́
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