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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *kwăśV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: paw
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *kʷašV (~-o-)
Proto-Tsezian: *kʷašV (~-š:-)
Proto-Dargwa: *kʷaš
Proto-Lezghian: *kʷVš-
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The root is to be kept apart froma similar and synonymous *kHwanš_V q.v. (becauseof an obvious opposition of two roots in Andian and Darg.).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,

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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *kʷašV (~-o-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 paw 2 foreleg
Akhvakh: kʷaši 1,2
Chamalal: koša 2 (Gig.)
Karata: kʷaša 1 (Archo.)
Comments: The root is to be distinguished from PA *kʷanš:a (~o) q.v.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-akv,aandet-chm,aandet-krt,aandet-comment,

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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *kʷašV (~-š:-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: paw
Khvarshi: kʷašu (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: kʷašu
Comments: PTsKh *kʷašu; a loan from Andian languages not excluded.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-comment,

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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *kʷaš
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: handful, hollow of hand
Akusha: kaš
Comments: Cf. also Kub. kʷaš (pl. kʷašūbe).
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *kʷVš-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hoof (of artiodactyla)
Agul: kuš-mul (Fit.)
Comment: Cf. also (with an interesting metathesis) Ag. Rich. muskel id. The root is attested only in Ag. (thus the PL reconstruction is rather uncertain), but has possible external parallels.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-agu,lezget-comment,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *kwăśV́
Meaning: paw, leg
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *kwăśV
Sino-Tibetan: *kʷā(H)
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷā(H)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leg, thigh
Chinese: *k(ʷ)āʔ thigh.
Tibetan: ? hwa shin, shin-bone.
Burmese: khwa hoof.
Kachin: lago1 a foot, leg.
Lepcha: ká hand (?)
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lepcha,

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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: gǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: kāʔ (~ kʷ)
Classic Old Chinese: kā́
Western Han Chinese: kā́
Eastern Han Chinese: kā́
Early Postclassic Chinese: kṓ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kṓ
Late Postclassic Chinese: kṓ
Middle Chinese: kó
English meaning : thigh, leg
Russian meaning[s]: 1) нога; бедро; конечность; 2) секция, отделение (в учреждении); группа; шайка (бандитов); 3) акция, пай; 4) прядь (волос); пучок (волокон в веревке); струя (пара); поток (воды)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 130
Four-angle index: 6128
Karlgren code: 0051 a
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 648
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 遇合一上姥見
ZIHUI: 5140 0911
Beijing: ku 2
Jinan: ku 2
Xi'an: ku 2
Taiyuan: khu 2
Hankou: ku 2
Chengdu: ku 2
Yangzhou: ku 2
Suzhou: kǝu 2
Wenzhou: ku 21
Changsha: ku 2
Shuangfeng: kǝu 2
Nanchang: ku 2
Meixian: ku 2
Guangzhou: ku 21
Xiamen: kɔ 2
Chaozhou: kou 21
Fuzhou: ku 2
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : KVSV
Meaning : thigh, leg
Sino-Caucasian : *kwăśV́
Amerind (misc.) : *kasi 'thigh; foot' (R 743)
globet-meaning,globet-scc,globet-amer,

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