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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *mi
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: man, person
Tulung: mücü ( < mi-cö) man, person
Kaling: min person
Limbu: -mī in nāpmī man
Dumi: mīn
Kulung: misi
Comments: Toba 92 *mici. A suffixed *mi-n(V) is reflected in K, D and perhaps Limbu mǝna 'person, man'. Sunwar mur 'person' is not quite clear: perhaps a compound with **-rV 'thing' (cf. Kachin mǝrai 'human being, person')?
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: na:pmi
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: man.
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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: mi:n
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: man, mankind
Comments: cf. lǝntsɨp, mitsɨm.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: misi
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: human being, person
Nepali: mānche.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mĭ
Meaning: person
Chinese: *min people.
Tibetan: mi man.
Lushai: mi a person, a man, KC *mi.
Kiranti: *mi
Comments: PG *miCL; BG: Dimasa mĭ-ya; Kham mī̀; Kanauri mi; Moshang mi-va, Namsangia mi(C); Digaro nǝme; Rgyarung tĕrmi. Sh. 38, 124, 134, 441; Ben. 107.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: mín
Preclassic Old Chinese: min
Classic Old Chinese: min
Western Han Chinese: mjǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: mjǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: mjin
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mjin
Late Postclassic Chinese: mjin
Middle Chinese: mjin
English meaning : people
Russian meaning[s]: 1) народ; народный; 2) население, люди; граждане, подданные; 3) простой народ; простонародный; общедоступный; простолюдин; офиц. я (частный гражданин о себе в официальном заявлении); 4) частновладельческий, частный; 5) гражданский (в противоположность военному и уголовному)
Comments: For *m cf. Xiamen min2, Fuzhou, Chaozhou miŋ2, Jianou mɛiŋ2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 83
Four-angle index: 6708
Karlgren code: 0457 a-b
Vietnamese reading: dân
Shijing occurrences: 35.4
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 186
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 臻開三平真明
ZIHUI: 3046 2104
Beijing: min 12
Jinan: miẽ 12
Xi'an: miẽ 12
Taiyuan: miŋ 1
Hankou: min 12
Chengdu: min 12
Yangzhou: mĩ 12
Suzhou: min 12
Wenzhou: meŋ 12
Changsha: min 12
Shuangfeng: min 12
Nanchang: min 31
Meixian: min 12
Guangzhou: man 12
Xiamen: min 12
Chaozhou: miŋ 12
Fuzhou: miŋ 12
Shanghai: miŋ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: miǝn 12
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