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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kŭ
Meaning: help; friend, companion
Burmese: ku help.
Kachin: khuʔ2 become friends, (H) mǝkhu friend, lǝkhu to guard, protect.
Lushai: KC *ku help.
Comments: The Jnp. form can be alternatively compared with OCh. 友 *wǝʔ friend, assist. See Sh. 46, Luce 31.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 救
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiù
Preclassic Old Chinese: kus
Classic Old Chinese: kuh
Western Han Chinese: kǝwh
Eastern Han Chinese: kǝwh
Early Postclassic Chinese: kìw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese: kǝ̀w
Middle Chinese: kǝ̀w
English meaning : to help, save
Russian meaning[s]: 1) спасать(ся), выручать, помогать; избавлять от...; 2) прекращать; останавливать, удерживать
Comments: In Viet. also read cu'u (pointing to a 平聲 variant *ku ?). Cf. 仇, 逑.
Radical: 66
Four-angle index: 6241
Karlgren code: 1066 m
Vietnamese reading: cú'u
Jianchuan Bai: kɨ2
Dali Bai: kɨ3
Bijiang Bai: kɨ2
Shijing occurrences: 35.4_
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Number: 1181
Character: 救
MC description : 流開三去宥見
ZIHUI: 2405 1596
Beijing: ćiou 3
Jinan: ćiou 3
Xi'an: ćiou 3
Taiyuan: ćiou 3
Hankou: ćiou 3
Chengdu: ćiǝu 3
Yangzhou: ćiôɨ 3
Suzhou: ćiöy XH
Wenzhou: ćiau 31
Changsha: ćiôu 31
Shuangfeng: ćiû 31
Nanchang: ćiu 31
Meixian: kiu 3
Guangzhou: kau 31
Xiamen: kiu 31
Chaozhou: kiu 31
Fuzhou: kieu 31
Shanghai: ćiɨ 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: kiou 3
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *ku
Meaning: look after
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-lim,kiret-yam,
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: ko:maʔ, -ko:s-/-ko:-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: guard, care for, look after
Comments: kɛdukpa mǝna:n ko:suN I'm taking care of the sick man; him ko:sɛʔ! Look after the house!/keep an eye on the house!
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,limet-comments,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: ku:ma II
Stem: <ku:s- ; ku:->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: 1) to look after, to care for (children, grandparents); 2) to tend (cattle); 3) to keep (animals).
Nepali: hernu, pālnu
yamet-prnum,yamet-stem,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *HŭxqwĂ
Meaning: to preserve, guard
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *HŭqwĂ
Meaning: to preserve, guard
Proto-West Caucasian: *χIʷV Notes: A reliable common NC verb (it should be distinguished from *ɦifV q.v.; some confusion is introduced by the fact that *f yields a uvular reflex in some languages).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-cez,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *=oχ- ( ~ -ʁ:-)
Meaning: to graze, feed
Bezhta: =oʁ- (Tlad.)
Gunzib: =oh-
Comments: PGB *=oʁ- (cf. also Bezht. Khosh. =oʁ-).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *ʔoχIʷɨ
Meaning: to guard, preserve
Lezghian: χü-
Tabasaran: u=χI-
Agul: uX̀-
Rutul: u=χIa-
Comment: Cf. Lezg. pret. χʷe-na. The verb belongs to the weak conjugation class. See Магометов 1966, 342; Хайдаков 1973, 144.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *χIʷV
Meaning: 1 to graze (intr.) 2 to graze (trans.)
Abkhaz: a-ħʷ-rá 1
Abaza: ħʷ-ra 1
Adyghe: χʷǝ-n 1
Kabardian: ʁa-χʷǝ-n 2
Ubykh: χIǝ- 1
Comments: PAT *ħʷǝ; PAK *χʷǝ; Ub. ja-χIǝ́-n (with secondary loss of labialisation). See Mészáros 1934, 400; Shagirov 1, 312.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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