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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ch[ū]n (~ -ɫ)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cut off; a measure (inch)
Chinese: 寸 *chūns thumb, inch; 忖 *chūnʔ measure, consider; 刌 *chūnʔ to cut, chop.
Burmese: ćhunh to measure a distance; to cut.
Kachin: (H) cen an inch.
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 選 *s_onʔ to count, select, choose.
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