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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dVHV́
Meaning: bottom
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̄jH
Yenisseian: *tɨ
Comments and references : [ST forms analyzed somewhat differently in CDST]
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *diǝ̄lH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: bottom
Chinese: *tǝ̄jʔ bottom, 柢 *tǝ̄jʔ root, base.
Tibetan: mthil bottom, floor
Kiranti: *dh[ä̀]lV
Comments: See Coblin 47. The Chinese form may be alternatively compared with Lush. tāi the lower part of abdomen, the waist (cf. also tai the lower extremity of the bowels, the rectum).
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: ďi
Preclassic Old Chinese: tǝ̄jʔ
Classic Old Chinese: tǝ̄́j
Western Han Chinese: tǝ̄́j
Eastern Han Chinese: tǝ̄́j
Early Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄́j
Middle Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄́j
Late Postclassic Chinese: tǝ̄́j
Middle Chinese: tíej
English meaning : bottom, root, base
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *tǝ̄jʔ 'stop, obstruct' q.v.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0590 c
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 549
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 蟹開四上薺端
ZIHUI: 1646 0572
Beijing: ti 2
Jinan: ti 2
Xi'an: ti 2
Taiyuan: ti 2
Hankou: ti 2
Chengdu: ti 2
Yangzhou: ti 2
Suzhou: ti 2
Wenzhou: tei 21
Changsha: ti 2
Shuangfeng: ti 11
Nanchang: ti 2
Meixian: tai 2
Guangzhou: tai 21
Xiamen: ti 2 (lit.); tue 2
Chaozhou: toi 21
Fuzhou: ti 2 (lit.); tɛ 2
Shanghai: ti 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: ti 2
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *dh[ä̀]lV
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: down
Tulung: dhalü, dhaju, dhɔra, udhali down, below
Kaling: u-dhalu down (adv.), dhaju under
Kulung: dalui
Comments: Toba 98 *dhaCu (also listing Kul. dhokpu 'under').
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: dalui
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: adv.
Meaning: downhill
Nepali: orālo.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *tɨ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: down, below
Ket: tɨ̄ 'coming from upstream' ( = 'flowing downwards'; tɨ-ɣa5,6 'downstream'; tɨ̄-ĺ / tɨ:ĺ (Кастр.: tɨgl) 'downstream (n.)'
Yug: tɨ 'coming from upstream'; tɨgéj 'down'; tɨ:r 'низовье (реки)'
Kottish: thīga 'downwards', thegäl, *thigal, thegälčaŋ 'unterhalb belegen'; Ass. t́ugiga (М.), túgiga (Сл., Срсл., Кл.) "low"
Comments: ССЕ 286. Cf. also thV- in Kott. thagin "to come down, lower oneself"; thēginaŋ "to fall, climb down", praet. thēlaginaŋ, imp. thēlin ( = Ket. -tiŋ, Yug -tiŋ 'fall down', see Werner 1, 15). Let us note that both Ket and Kott. reflect the old dative form *tɨ-ka "below, downwards" and the derived stem *tɨGVr1 ~ *tɨʔVr1 'downstream'. Werner 2, 312-313 <*thigǝʎ>.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : TVHV
Meaning : bottom
Afroasiatic : *duḥ-
Sino-Caucasian : *dVHV́
Austric : PAA *dʔuj, PMY *t[o]i, PAN *hudi, *udehi
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *duḥ-
Meaning: low
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Egyptian: dḥ (21) 'low'
East Chadic: *dwaHdaH- 'down'
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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: dḥ (21)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: low'
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *dwaHdaH-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'down'
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Austric etymology :

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Proto-Austric: *ʔdVj (ʔdVhi)
Meaning: behind
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Proto-Austroasiatic: *dʔuj (also *tuɔj 'tail, vagina')
Austroasiatic meaning: tail
Miao-Yao parallels: MY *t[o]i.B tail
Proto-Austronesian: *hudi buttocks (not in B) (+ *udehi 'last, behind')
References: Ja 68, Peiros 1998, 157, 165.
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Austro-Asiatic etymology :

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Proto-Austro-Asiatic: *tuɔj
Meaning: tail, vagina
Austric etymology: Austric etymology
Khmer: kǝṇtuǝj
Proto-Vietic: *duǝj; *tuǝj
References: Kh 728
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Khmer etymology :

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Khmer: kǝṇtuǝj
Meaning: vagina, vulva
Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology
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Viet-Muong etymology :

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Proto-Viet-Muong: *duǝj; *tuǝj
Meaning: tail
Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology
Vietnamese: d̄uôi
Thomon: tuoj.43
Tum: taoj.33
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