Change viewing parameters
Select another database

North Caucasian etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-North Caucasian: *Hläk_V̄ (/*Hälk_V̄)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: lame
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *kirV-
Proto-Lak: aIrč:a-
Proto-Dargwa: *ħark:a- ( ~ ʕ-)
Proto-Lezghian: *läkV-
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. There is some variation between the root structures *HRVCV̄ and *HVRCV̄ (which is not unusual in adjectival and verbal roots); otherwise correspondences are regular.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,

Search within this database


Avar-Andian etymology :

Search within this database
Protoform: *kirV-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 lame 2 to limp
Akhvakh: kire-da- 1
Karata: ker- 2
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-akv,aandet-krt,

Search within this database


Lak etymology :

Search within this database
Lak root: aIrč:a-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: lame
Lak form: aIrč:a-s:a
Comments: Cf. Khosr. aIrč:a-s:a.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,

Search within this database


Dargwa etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Dargwa: *ħark:a- ( ~ ʕ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: lame
Chiragh: ʕark:a-ze
Comments: The word may be borrowed from Lak.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-chr,darget-comment,

Search within this database


Lezghian etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Lezghian: *läkV-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: lame
Tabasaran: liku
Kryz: luka
Archi: lak:a-t:u-
Comment: The vowel -u- in Kryz. is unclear.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-krz,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,

Search within this database


Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hä́[xk]VlV
Meaning: lame
North Caucasian: *Hläk_V̄ (/*Hälk_V̄)
Sino-Tibetan: *Gh(j)ɨăl
Burushaski: *laɣáṣ
Comments and references : In NC cf. also (a variant?) *=alḳV id.
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-buru,sccet-notes,

Search within this database


Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Gh(j)ɨăl
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: lame
Chinese: *khaj one-footed (cf. also 蹇 *kanʔ lame).
Tibetan: sgjid-khjol one lame in his legs (sgjid knee-joint).
Kachin: (H) gai, lǝgai to sprawl, to limp.
Lushai: hol walk with (a stick).
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,

Search within this database


Chinese characters :

Search within this database
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: qī
Preclassic Old Chinese: khaj
Classic Old Chinese: khaj
Western Han Chinese: khaj
Eastern Han Chinese: khe
Early Postclassic Chinese: khe
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khe
Late Postclassic Chinese: khe
Middle Chinese: khe
English meaning : one-footed, lame [L.Zhou]
Comments: There is also a Han-time reading *k(r)ajʔ, MC ke (FQ 居綺), Pek. jǐ 'foot (of an insect)'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0001 |c ́
Go-on: ki
Kan-on: ki
Japanese reading: ki;ashinae
Jianchuan Bai: khe6-
Dali Bai: ce2-
Bijiang Bai: -qhe6
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,bigchina-go,bigchina-kanon,bigchina-jap,bigchina-jianchuan,bigchina-dali,bigchina-bijiang,

Search within this database


Burushaski etymology :

Search within this database
Common Burushaski: *laɣáṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: to hobble
Hunza: laɣáṣ
Nagar: laɣáṣ
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,

Search within this database

Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
11624661690055
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov