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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *SVKV
Meaning: evening
Borean: Borean
Altaic: *sik`V ( ~ z-, -k-)
Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *skʷiv-
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *sik`V ( ~ z-, -k-)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: evening, dream
Russian meaning: вечер, сон
Tungus-Manchu: *sikse
Korean: *skú-m
Comments: A Tung.-Kor. isogloss.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sikse
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: evening
Russian meaning: вечер, вечером
Evenki: sikse
Even: hīsъr
Negidal: sikse
Spoken Manchu: čikǝsē, čekǝsē (2712)
Literary Manchu: sikse 'yesterday'
Jurchen: sih-ser (84)
Ulcha: sikse
Orok: sšeksše
Nanai: sikse
Oroch: sikse
Udighe: sikie
Comments: ТМС 2, 81.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *skú-m
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: dream
Russian meaning: сон
Modern Korean: k:um
Middle Korean: skú-m
Comments: Nam 63, KED 219.
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Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *skʷiv-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning (Rus.): ночевать; ночное время 1
Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *tkib- ; *kib "
Proto-Itelmen: *ɫx(w)i-, *ɫx(w)i-ŋ
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Chukchee-Koryak etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *tkib- ; *kib "
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): ночевать 1, сутки 2
Chukchee: (t)kíw- 1, kíw-kiw " 2
Koryak: (t)kiv- 1, kiw-kiw " 2
Palan: (t)kiv-ǝk 1, kiw-kiw " 2
Alutor: (t)kiv- 1
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Itelmen etymology :

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Proto-Itelmen: *ɫxi-, *ɫxʷi-ŋ
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): ночевать
Itelmen: ɫxi- 1, k-ɫfiŋ-le, ɫfiŋ-le 2
Itelmen meaning: ночевать 1, ночью 2
West Itelmen: lixe-kaz 1, ĺxin-le 'ikunk, txɨnle 'ikunk 2
West Itelmen meaning: pernoctare 1, nocte 2
West Itelmen meaning (Polish): nocować 1, nocą 2
South Itelmen: xin-adk, [kuĺku̯a*]
South Itelmen meaning (Latin): nox
South Itelmen meaning (Polish): noc
Number in Volodin 1976: 418, 27
Comments: Об отражении основы по языкам см. в примечании к статье *(n)ki-nk ~ *(n)ku-nk 'ночь' (48).
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : CVKV
Meaning : morning ~ evening
Eurasiatic : *SVKV
Sino-Caucasian : *sakwV
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sakwV́
Meaning: morning, tomorrow
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *sakwV
Sino-Tibetan: *sŭk ( ~ -o-)
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *sakwV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: tomorrow
Proto-Tsezian: *zekV B ( ~ -ɨ-)
Proto-Lezghian: *sakʷV ( /*c:akʷV)
Notes: A Tsez-Lezg. isogloss; not quite reliable because of the irregularity within the Lezghian subgroup. It is also worth noting Georg. zeg 'day after tomorrow' (borrowed in Tsez.?).
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *zekV B ( ~ -ɨ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 tomorrow 2 day after tomorrow
Tsezi: ziko 2 (Kid.)
Ginukh: zek 1
Comments: PTsKh *zǝk(o).
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *sakʷV ( /*c:akʷV)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: tomorrow
Tabasaran: zaku-r
Agul: sakʷa-na
Comment: Reasons for voicing in Tab. (cf. also Düb. ʒakur) are unclear; external evidence clearly speaks in favour of PL voiceless *s- (cf. also Ag. Fit. sakʷa-na).
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sŭk ( ~ -o-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: morning
Chinese: *suk early morning; 宿 *suk to stay overnight.
Burmese: sauk-kra Venus, LB *sokx morning (Matisoff 1972: 55).
Comments: Coblin 109-110. Here perhaps Nung *su, Sichuan *šV 'night'.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: sù
Preclassic Old Chinese: suk
Classic Old Chinese: suk
Western Han Chinese: sǝuk
Eastern Han Chinese: sjǝuk
Early Postclassic Chinese: siuk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: siuk
Late Postclassic Chinese: siuk
Middle Chinese: sjük
English meaning : early, early morning; soon
Russian meaning[s]: 1) утро; утром; рано; 2) старый, стародавний; давнишний; 3) почитать, уважать, оказывать уважение
Shuowen gloss: 早敬也.從#夕.持事雖夕不休.早敬者也.#古文.#古文. [315]
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 36
Four-angle index: 7652
Karlgren code: 1030 a-c
Shijing occurrences: 13.3, 17.1, 21.1, 50.3, 57.3, 58.5
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