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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=Hĭ[xq̇]wǝ
Meaning: middle, between
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *=Hĭq̇wǝ (~-q̇_-,-o)
Sino-Tibetan: ? *khǝ̆w
Yenisseian: *dV(ʔ)K-
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *=Hĭq̇wǝ (~-q̇_-,-o)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: waist, middle; back
Proto-Nakh: *juq̇
Proto-Dargwa: *daḳ-
Proto-Lezghian: *jiq̇Iʷ
Proto-West Caucasian: *baq̇Iʷǝ
Notes: One of the nominal stems with old changing class prefixes. It is rather difficult to make a clear distinction between PNC *=Hĭq̇wǝ and *=ǝG_wV (q.v.): these roots are phonetically and semantically close and tend to contaminate. However, it seems probable that the former originally meant 'waist, middle part' while the latter meant 'back'.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *juq̇
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: waist; middle
Chechen: juq̇
Ingush: juq̇
Batsbi: juq̇
Comments: Obl. base *juq̇a- (cf. Chech. juq̇a-, Ing. juq̇o; in Bacb. there is a separate noun juq̇a 'middle, center', differentiated from juq̇ 'waist'). 4th class in all languages.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,

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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *daḳ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: back
Chiragh: daḳ-ne
Comments: Isolated in Chir., but with reliable external correspondences.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-chr,darget-comment,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *jiq̇Iʷ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 back 2 waist 3 middle 4 in the middle
Lezghian: juq̇ 2,3
Tabasaran: juq̇I 2
Agul: iq̇I 3
Rutul: jɨq̇I 1
Tsakhur: jɨq̇I 1
Kryz: jiq̇ 1,2
Budukh: jiq̇-iǯ 1
Archi: iʁI-da 4
Udi: biʁI / bɨʁI 3
Comment: Cf. also Tab. Kand. jiq̇, Düb. jiq̇i, Ag. Bursh. jiq̇I, Tp., Burk. jaʡ, Fit. jiq̇. Obl. base *jiq̇Iʷa-, cf. Lezg. juq̇ʷa-, Tab. juq̇Iʷa-, Tsakh. jɨq̇Ia-. Ud. biʁI < *wiq̇I < *jiq̇Iʷ. 4th class in all class-distinguishing languages. Cf. also derived adverbs: Tsakh. jiq̇Ia-l, Tab. (with reduction) q̇Ia-la-qI 'behind' (lit. 'on the back'); Arch. q̇Ia-na-k ( < *jiq̇Iʷa-na-k) 'inside', Kryz. jiq̇-iče id. (perhaps also Ud. bo-š < *bɨʁIo-š 'inside').

    See Лексика 1971, 126; Талибов 1980, 307.

lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-arc,lezget-udi,lezget-comment,

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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *baq̇Iʷǝ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: place between hips; interval
Adyghe: baq:ʷ
Kabardian: baq:ʷ
Comments: PAK *báq:ʷǝ. Since only the PAK form is available (parallels from other WC languages are not reliable), the reconstruction is rather tentative (an intensive or non-pharyngealised uvular may be reconstructed as well) and based mostly on external evidence.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khǝ̆w
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: body
Chinese: *kho body.
Tibetan: sku body, sgo body; face.
Burmese: kǝuj animal body, corporeal frame, LB *k[ǝw].
Kachin: gumgu2 body.
Lushai: kô the shoulder.
Comments: Trung 3-gǝ1. Simon 13; Mat. 164; Peiros-Starostin 213; Coblin 46; Gong 52.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,

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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: qū
Preclassic Old Chinese: kho
Classic Old Chinese: kho
Western Han Chinese: khwa
Eastern Han Chinese: khwa
Early Postclassic Chinese: khwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khwo
Late Postclassic Chinese: khwo
Middle Chinese: khü
English meaning : body, person [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) тело (туловище) человека; 2) счетный суффикс трупов
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 158
Four-angle index: 784
Karlgren code: 0122 g
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,

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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *dVK-
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: in, between
Kottish: tagar-fui 'middle'
Comments: ССЕ 225. Werner 1, 230 (with an unexplained question mark).
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-kot,yenet-notes,

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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : HVKV
Meaning : back
Sino-Caucasian : *=Hĭ[xq̇]wǝ
Amerind (misc.) : *iki 'back' (R 31) [+ A]
globet-meaning,globet-scc,globet-amer,

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