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Character: 鳥
Modern (Beijing) reading: niǎo
Preclassic Old Chinese: tīwʔ
Classic Old Chinese: tī́w
Western Han Chinese: tjǝ̄́w
Eastern Han Chinese: tiǝ̄́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: tiḗw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: tiḗw
Late Postclassic Chinese: tiḗw
Middle Chinese: tíew
English meaning : bird
Russian meaning[s]: птица; птичий; птичий полет; в форме птицы, птицеобразный
Shuowen gloss: 長尾禽總名也.鳥之足以匕.從匕.凡鳥之屬皆從鳥.
Comments: Initial n- in Mand. is quite enigmatic.
Radical: 196
Four-angle index: 4490
Karlgren code: 1116 a
Vietnamese reading: d_iê`u
Shijing occurrences: 2.1, 32.4
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tīwH
Meaning: bird
Kachin: (H) du a sp. of owl.
Comments: BG: Dimasa dau, Garo do bird, Bodo dáw; Pwo, Sgaw tho. Ben. 149.
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Number: 1331
Character: 鳥
MC description : 效開四上篠端
ZIHUI: 7680 1432
Beijing: niau 2
Jinan: ńiɔ 2
Xi'an: ńiau 2
Taiyuan: niau 2
Hankou: niau 2
Chengdu: ńiau 2
Yangzhou: niɔ 2 (lit.); tiɔ 2
Suzhou: ńiä 2 (lit.); tiä 2
Wenzhou: ńia 22 (lit.); tiɛ 21
Changsha: ńiau 2 (lit.); tiau 2
Shuangfeng: ńiǝ 2 (lit.); tiǝ 2
Nanchang: ńiɛu 2
Meixian: ńiau 11 (lit.); tiau 11
Guangzhou: niu 22
Xiamen: niau 2
Chaozhou: ciǝu 21
Fuzhou: leu 2 (lit.); ceu 2
Shanghai: ńiɔ 3 (lit.); tiɔ 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: niau 2
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ṭɨ̆mhV̄́
Meaning: bird
Comments and references : HGC 18, WFR 143. sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ṭɨ̆mhV
Meaning: owl, a big bird
Notes: Correspondences are regular. See Abdokov 1983, 122.
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ṭɨmǝ A
Meaning: pigeon
Tsezi: ṭumi
Khvarshi: ṭema
Bezhta: ṭimo
Comments: PTsKh *ṭ[ɨ]mǝ (with assimilatory rounding ɨ > u in Tsez.). Cf. also Bezht. Khosh. ṭimo 'pigeon'.
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *ṭuma
Meaning: owl
Akusha: ṭuma
Chiragh: ṭuma
Comments: Cf. also Ur., Kub., Tsud. etc. ṭuma.
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *ṭɨm:(a) (~ -p:-)
Meaning: owl
Lezghian: ṭib
Tabasaran: ṭip:
Rutul: ṭɨb
Kryz: ṭub
Comment: Cf. Lezg. erg. tiṗ-re (this, together with Tab. ṭip:-ru and Rut. ṭɨb-ɨr- points to a PL oblique base in *-rV-). 3d class in Rut. and Kryz. Since the root is not preserved in Arch., Tsakh. or Udi, it is impossible to distinguish between PL *-m:- and *-p:-; external evidence is strongly in favour of *-m:-. See Хайдаков 1973, 17.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ṭǝ / *t:ǝ
Meaning: 1 owl 2 eagle-owl
Abkhaz: a-ṭǝ́ 1
Abaza: ṭǝ 1
Adyghe: tǝ-ʁʷrǝʁʷǝ 2
Kabardian: dǝ-ʁʷrǝʁʷ 2
Comments: PAT *ṭǝ; PAK *t:ǝ-ʁʷrǝʁʷǝ́. Despite the irregularity (ṭ : t:) the comparison of PAT and PAK is quite probable (see Шагиров 1, 154), especially because in Abkh there also exists a compound a-ṭǝ́-ʕʷarʕʷar 'eagle-owl' ( = PAK *t:ǝ-ʁʷrǝʁʷǝ́); etymology of the second part see under *ʁʷVrǝʁʷǝ. Ub. tǝʁʷrǝʁʷ 'owl', because of its t-, is probably not genuinely related, but borrowed from Adygh. However, despite Abdokov (1983, 122), Ub. dǝma 'hen' is hardly related.
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *duma
Meaning: bird, small bird
Ket: dūm, pl. dumn5
Yug: dɨl-tɨm6, pl. dɨl-tɨmɨn5 (dɨl "child")
Kottish: altūma, g. altumā, pl. altūman
Comments: ССЕ 225. Werner 1, 211.
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