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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *mè(n)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: woman, wife
Sunwar: 'mīś wife, mīś-mur woman
Tulung: -me in nay-me wife, mo-cü woman, mēsem woman, female
Kaling: mej, mesbä wife, melsem (with a strange -l-) woman
Limbu: me bride, met wife, menchimā woman, menchin young girl
Dumi: mēʔe
Kulung: mimcha 'woman'
Yamphu: meʔnami 'woman'
Comments: Toba 99 *melsem. For Kaling melsem cf. Limbu mēʔl (VD) 'wife'.
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: mɛnchuma
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: woman, lady.
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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: me:ʔe
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: wife
Comments: cf. dumbo.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: mimcha
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: female
Nepali: svāsnīmānche.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: meʔnamiʔ
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: woman.
Nepali: svāsnī mānche
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *miǝn
Meaning: woman
Chinese: *smǝ̄n wife, in-laws, relations by marriage (?)
Burmese: minh-ma woman, wife.
Lepcha: mít, a-mít a female, a woman of superior beings
Kiranti: *mè(n)
Comments: Kham meN-mà woman. Cf. PAA *man / *ma:n '(female) in-laws'.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: hūn
Preclassic Old Chinese: smǝ̄n
Classic Old Chinese: m̥ǝ̄n
Western Han Chinese: m̥ǝ̄n
Eastern Han Chinese: m̥ǝ̄n
Early Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄n
Late Postclassic Chinese: hwǝ̄n
Middle Chinese: xon
English meaning : wife, in-laws, relations by marriage
Russian meaning[s]: 1) брак, бракосочетание; жениться; 2) стар. тесть; родители жены
Comments: Written as 昏 in Shi 35.2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 38
Four-angle index: 1572
Karlgren code: 0457 m
Shijing occurrences: 35.2
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1133
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 臻合一平魂曉
ZIHUI: 1241 2189
Beijing: xuǝn 11
Jinan: xuẽ 11
Xi'an: xuẽ 11
Taiyuan: xuŋ 1
Hankou: xuǝn 11
Chengdu: xuǝn 11
Yangzhou: xuǝn 11
Suzhou: huǝn 11
Wenzhou: śy 11
Changsha: fǝn 11
Shuangfeng: xuǝn 11
Nanchang: фun 11
Meixian: fun 11
Guangzhou: fan 11
Xiamen: huŋ 11
Chaozhou: huŋ 11
Fuzhou: xuɔŋ 11
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