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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *kila (~ -o)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 dung 2 dung (of cow) 3 dry dung
Andian language: čil 1
Akhvakh: kila 2,3
Chamalal: čila 2,3
Tindi: ḱila 3
Karata: kila 3
Bagvalal: ḱila 3 (Kvan.)
Godoberi: kila 3
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *Hkǝ̆ɫV̄
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: dirt
Proto-Nakh: *j(ɦ)olk
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *kila (~ -o)
Proto-Lezghian: *lak(a)
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular (except for a metathesis *lak < *kal in Lezg. - usual for the structure *HCVCV).

    Abayev (1973, 39) suggests Caucasian origin for Osset. läx / läxä 'faeces'.

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *j(ɦ)olk
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sediment after boiling butter
Chechen: jök-aš
Ingush: lok
Comments: The Chech. form is a pluralis tantum. The PN -l- must be reconstructed to account for the exceptional correlation Chech. j- : Ing. l-.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *lak(a)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 dung (of neat cattle) 2 dried snot in nose
Lezghian: lak (dial.) 1
Tabasaran: luk 2
Comment: The comparison is rather probable; vowels reflect the usual PL Ablaut *a/*o.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hɫǝ̆kV́
Meaning: dirt
North Caucasian: *Hkǝ̆ɫV̄ ~ *Hɫǝ̆kV̄
Sino-Tibetan: *ƛɨā(k) (k-)
Basque: *lohi
Comments and references : LV B15.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛɨā(k) (k-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: mud, marsh
Chinese: *Ł_āk marsh; moist; moisten; glossy.
Tibetan: klog-pa earwax, ka-lag mud.
Kachin: lǝkjo4 pus, from an inflamed ear.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: zé
Preclassic Old Chinese: Ł(h)āk
Classic Old Chinese: Ł(h)āk
Western Han Chinese: lāk (~ Łh-)
Eastern Han Chinese: lāk (~ lh-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)āk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)āk
Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)āk
Middle Chinese: ḍạ̈ik
English meaning : a marsh; to enrich, benefit; also shi 4 "to lay open the ground"
Russian meaning[s]: 1) озеро; водное пространство; орошать; влажный; 2) блестящий, гладкий; 3) оказывать благодеяние; 4) наследие
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 2449
Karlgren code: 0790 o
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 2168
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 梗開二入陌澄
ZIHUI: 3419 0146
Beijing: cô 12
Jinan: c̣ei 12
Xi'an: cei 12
Taiyuan: cǝʔ 42; caʔ 42
Hankou: chô 12
Chengdu: che 12
Yangzhou: cǝʔ 4
Suzhou: zôʔ 42
Wenzhou: ʒa 42
Changsha: chô 4
Shuangfeng: ćhiɛ 12
Nanchang: chɛt 41
Meixian: chɛt 42
Guangzhou: čāk 42
Xiamen: tîk 42
Chaozhou: cek 42
Fuzhou: teiʔ 42
Shanghai: zôʔ 42
Zhongyuan yinyun: čai 41
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *lohi
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 mud 2 dirty, impure
Bizkaian: loi 1, 2
Gipuzkoan: loi 1
High Navarrese: loi 1
Low Navarrese: lohi 1, 2
Salazarese: logi 1
Lapurdian: lohi 1, 2
Baztanese: logi 1, 2
Zuberoan: lohi 1, 2
Roncalese: loi 1, 2
Comments: Cf. especially Ingush lok 'sediment'. Distinct from the homonym *lohi 'body' (q.v.).
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