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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *wɨ̄cV̄
Meaning: grass
Notes: Although the root is not very widely spread, it seems quite reliable both phonetically and semantically. See Trubetzkoy 1930, 276 (who made a further hypothesis about this root's relationship to *=ōcV 'to mow' q.v. - which can hardly be proved), Abdokov 1983, 105. Georgian parallels suggested by Rogava (1959, 66-69) (Georg. duci, urci 'names of wild plants/herbs') are hardly acceptable.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *būc
Meaning: grass
Chechen: buc
Ingush: buc
Batsbi: buc
Comments: Obl. base *bāci- (Chech. bēca-, Ing. bäco). 4th class in all languages. Cf. also Chech. bäccara (Usl. bēcciriŋ), Ing. bäccara 'green' ( < *bācci-ri(n) with expressive gemination).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *bici ( ~ -s-)
Meaning: 1 grass 2 green
Chamalal: besi-ƛ: 2
Godoberi: besi 1
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-chm,aandet-gdb,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *wVcVn- (~ p:-,-s-)
Meaning: burdock
Archi: bisni
Comment: Isolated in Arch., but having probable external parallels.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *wǝc:ǝ ( ~ -ć:-)
Meaning: grass
Adyghe: wǝcǝ
Kabardian: wǝʒ
Comments: PAK *wǝc:ǝ́.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *wɨ̄cV̄́
Meaning: grass
Comments and references : HGC 21. sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-buru,sccet-notes,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chuāH
Meaning: grass
Tibetan: rcwa grass, herb, plant.
Comments: PG *chà graze. Simon 14; Sh. 123. Cf. also Ninglang Naxi chǝ-chǝ, Sichuan *chV 'leaf'.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 草
Modern (Beijing) reading: cǎo
Preclassic Old Chinese: shūʔ
Classic Old Chinese: shū́
Western Han Chinese: shǝ̄́w
Eastern Han Chinese: shǝ̄́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: shǝ̄́w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: shā́w
Late Postclassic Chinese: shā́w
Middle Chinese: chấw
English meaning : grass, small plants
Russian meaning[s]: 1) трава; сено; солома; соломенный; перен. деревенский; захолустный; 2) пустяковый, незначащий; дешевый; перен. мой; не ценить, считать нестоящим; 3) грубый, черновой; небрежно; кое-как; вчерне; черновик, набросок; проект; набросать (составить) проект; 4) скоропись; 5) самка
Shuowen gloss: 草逗,櫟實也.一曰象斗.從**.早聲. [47]
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *shūʔ 'be rough, coarse; grossly'. The original character consisted of just one radical (see Shuowen 22); the character 草, according to the Shuowen, had meant 'acorn'.
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 2273
Karlgren code: 1049 b-c
Vietnamese reading: tha`o
Jianchuan Bai: chu1
Dali Bai: chu1
Bijiang Bai: ćhü1
Shijing occurrences: 14.1
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 1055
Character: 草
MC description : 效開一上皓清
ZIHUI: 5430 1344
Beijing: chau 2
Jinan: chɔ 2
Xi'an: cau 2
Taiyuan: chau 2
Hankou: chau 2
Chengdu: chau 2
Yangzhou: chɔ 2
Suzhou: chä 2
Wenzhou: chз 21
Changsha: chau 2
Shuangfeng: chǝ 2
Nanchang: chau 2
Meixian: chau 2
Guangzhou: čhou 21
Xiamen: cho 2 (lit.); chau 2
Chaozhou: chau 21
Fuzhou: chau 2; chɔ 2 (lit.)
Shanghai: chɔ 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: chau 2
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *s[u]
Meaning: weed
Sunwar: suwā 'weed'
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: so:
Grammar: n.
Meaning: (esp. in the plural so:mɨl ) weeds, tufts of grass
Nepali: jhār.
dumet-prnum,dumet-pspeech,dumet-meaning,dumet-nepali,
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: sɔma
Grammar: vt-8 [1: sɔi- 2: sɔ- 3: sǝi- 4: sǝ- 5: sui- 6: su- 7: sa- 8: sɔk-]
Meaning: remove weeds, weed
Nepali: goḍnu.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *bus
Meaning: sheaf (of grass, hay)
Yasin: bus
Hunza: bus
Nagar: bus; buśójo `handful (of grass)'
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,
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