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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔāH (r-)
Meaning: mute, dumb
Chinese: *ʔrāʔ mute.
Burmese: be dumb, be mute.
Kachin: mǝa2 to be dumb.
Lushai: ā be foolish, silly.
Kiranti: *ʔ[ä]
Comments: Nung mǝa. Ben. 36; Luce 1.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,

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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: yǎ
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔrāk
Classic Old Chinese: ʔrāk
Western Han Chinese: ʔrāk
Eastern Han Chinese: ʔrāk
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔẹ̄k
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔẹ̄k
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔẹ̄k
Middle Chinese: ʔạ̈ik
English meaning : be laughing, go ha-ha
Russian meaning[s]: немой; [yā è] звукоподражание смеху, карканью, плачу
Comments: Also read (irregularly) MC ʔạik (FQ 於革) id.; during Late Zhou used for *ʔrāʔ, MC ʔạ́ (FQ 烏下), Pek. yǎ, Go e, Kan a 'mute' and *ʔrā(k)-s (MC ʔạ̀, FQ 衣嫁, Pek. yà) 'sigh (interjection)'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 512
Karlgren code: 0805 f
Go-on: yaku
Kan-on: aku
Japanese reading: e;a;yaku;aku;oshi
Jianchuan Bai: ɛ1- (<ʔạ́)
Dali Bai: ja3- (<ʔạ́)
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1115
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 假開二上馬影
ZIHUI: 0800 0113
Beijing: ia 2
Jinan: ia 2
Xi'an: ia 2
Taiyuan: ia 2
Hankou: ia 2
Chengdu: ia 2
Yangzhou: â 2
Suzhou: o 2
Wenzhou: o 21
Changsha: ia 2 (lit.); ŋa 2
Shuangfeng: ŋo 2
Nanchang: ŋa 2
Meixian: a 2
Guangzhou: a 21
Xiamen: a 2 (lit.); îk XH
Chaozhou: e 21
Fuzhou: a 2
Shanghai: ia 3 (lit.); o 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: a 2
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *ʔ[ä]-
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: mute, dumb
Limbu: ke:-ʔe:ba
Yamphu: kuba
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: ke:ʔe:ba
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.adj.
Meaning: 1) mute, dumb; 2) dumb, stupid.
Comments: 1) cf. kɛ:b
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,limet-comments,

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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: kuba
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n. & adj.
Meaning: (of a male person) 1) dumb, unable to speak; 2) dumb, silly, stupid.
Nepali: lāṭo
yamet-prnum,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,

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