Change viewing parameters
Select another database

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *χVHV́
Meaning: a k. of deer
Sino-Tibetan: *ɣŭ
Yenisseian: *χV̄j
Burushaski: *hujés
sccet-meaning,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-buru,

Search within this database


Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ɣŭ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: doe, antelope
Chinese: *ʔu doe.
Tibetan: dgo-ba, rgo-ba a sp. of antelope.
Kachin: sǝgu4 sheep, wool.
Comments: Alternatively cf. OC 羔 *kāw ~ *kū lamb.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-kach,stibet-comments,

Search within this database


Chinese characters :

Search within this database
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: yōu
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔu
Classic Old Chinese: ʔu
Western Han Chinese: ʔǝw
Eastern Han Chinese: ʔǝw
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔiw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝw
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝw
Middle Chinese: ʔǝw
English meaning : a doe
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 1072 a-b
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,

Search within this database


Yenisseian etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Yenisseian: *χV̄j
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: elk, deer
Ket: qa:ji4 (Kur.); Bak., Sur. qa:jǝ4 /qajǝ4, pl. qi:n3; South. qaj4 'elk'
Yug: xa:hj, pl. xe:n 'elk'
Kottish: hui, pl. huján "deer"; Ass. (М., Сл., Кл.) huj "deer" (cervus)
Arin: okä-ši (Стр.), oka-ši (Лоск.) id., oq́aj-ši (М., Сл., Кл.) 'elk'
Pumpokol: xáju (Сл.) "elk"
Comments: ССЕ 307-308. The vocalic correspondences are unclear. In КС 166 I have reconstructed initial *G- - due to a mixture with a different root, see PY *gǝʔj 'hunting, wild animal'. Werner 2, 62 <*qaʔǝjǝ / *qʌʔǝjǝ> (with the same confusion).
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-kot,yenet-ari,yenet-pum,yenet-notes,

Search within this database


Burushaski etymology :

Search within this database
Common Burushaski: *hujés
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: small cattle
Yasin: hujés
Hunza: hujés
Nagar: hujés
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,

Search within this database

Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
11817521694901
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov