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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *puGVʒ
Meaning: tail
Ket: hu:t, pl. hūŕǝŋ1 (Bak., Sur. hūdǝŋ1)
Yug: fu:t, pl. fūdiŋ1 / fu:diŋ3
Kottish: fugai, phugai, *fukai, pl. fugajaŋ, *fukajaŋ; Ass. (М., Кл.) pugáj
Arin: ṕhugáj (М., Кл.); isbugej (Лоск.)
Comments: ССЕ 253. A certain derivative is Kott. fugaʔiše, *fukajaše, Ar. pogejši (Стр.), ṕhúgajši (М., Сл., Кл.) "sable". Werner 1, 332 <*phuk-at / *phuk-aj>. The root contains a frequent body part suffix *-Vʒ - which, despite Werner ibid., has nothing to do with Ket aʔt 'bone'; nothing like *huk 'flaumig, wollig' is ever attested in any Yenisseian language. Werner's statement that "dem ket., jug. aʔt 'Knochen' entspricht in Komposita das kot. -ai" is inexplicable phonetically and plainly wrong: in a few cases of attested compounds of this type Kottish has not -ai, but -ar: cf. *χɔb-aʔd 'back(bone)' > Ket qɔvǝt, Yug xɔfat, Kott. hapar, *kas-aʔd 'foot sole' > Ket. kassat, Kott. hačar - quite consistently with the Kott. reflex of *ʔaʔd 'bone' which is Kott. ar-aŋ, ar-ša q.v.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-kot,yenet-ari,yenet-notes,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *mēʁV́̆
Meaning: tail
Comments and references : HGC 22, LV A17. sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *mēʁV̆
Meaning: tail
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The u(ū) vowel in PN is probably due to progressive labialisation of the initial m-. On a possible trace in Lezgian (Udi) see under *wǝrqV "sheep's tail".
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *muʁ (~-ū-)
Meaning: 1 tail 2 part of harness (put under the tail)
Chechen: mulʁa 2
Ingush: mulʁa 2
Batsbi: muʁ 1
Comments: The simple root has been preserved only in Bacb. (4th class); Chech. and Ing. forms reflect the PN derivate *muʁ-lV ( = Bacb. mujʁlĭ).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *miʁa (~-o)
Meaning: tail
Avar: maʁ
Chadakolob: maʁ
Andian language: miʁerč̣u
Chamalal: miʁa
Tindi: miʁa
Karata: miʁa
Botlikh: miʁa
Bagvalal: miʁa
Godoberi: miʁa
Comments: Av. paradigm B~C (loc. maʁá-ƛ̣:; Chad. C: maʁí-l, máʁa-l). In Andi the form miʁerč̣:u (Gudava, Tsertsvadze miʁʷorč̣:u) is a compound of this root with *rVč̣:V q.v.). Cf. also some derivates: a) *miʁu-l > Tind., Cham. muʁul, And. beχu-mʁul "sheep's tail"; b) Av. maʁá-ƛ̣: (paradigm C: maʁƛ̣:í-l, máʁƛ̣:a-l) "part of harness (put under the tail) - which is essentially the subessive form of maʁ, but corresponds exactly to Chech., Ing. mulʁa.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-avc,aandet-and,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-krt,aandet-btl,aandet-bgv,aandet-gdb,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *miχ(e) A
Meaning: tail
Tsezi: maħi
Ginukh: mihi
Khvarshi: mihĩ
Inkhokvari: mihe
Bezhta: miʁ
Gunzib: miʁ
Comments: PTsKh *miχ̥1̇e, PGB *miʁ.
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: maʁ
Meaning: tail
Lak form: maʁ
Comments: 3d class.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *buq-mu[ʁ]
Meaning: sheep's tail
Akusha: buq-muj
Comments: Cf. also Kad. buq-muh, Gapsh. buq-muʔ, Tsud. buq-nuʁI id. (reflexes of *ʁ are not quite regular, probably because of dissimilation with -q-). The word is a compound of *buq- (see under *wǝrqV) and *-mu[ʁ] (see under *mēʁV).
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mǝ̆jH (r-)
Meaning: tail
Burmese: mrih, LB *(s)mr[ej]x tail.
Kachin: mai2 tail.
Lushai: mei, KC *kh-r-mei tail.
Comments: PG *meC tail; Mikir arme; BG: Dimasa khre-mai, Garo kiʔ-me, Bodo ha-may buttock; Moshang a-mi; Namsangia ă-me; Kham mèNL; Trung mi1-tšɔ̆ʔ1; Thebor me; Rgyarung tĕme; Bahing me-ri; Digaro lǝmi(ŋ); Hrusso ǝrim. Sh. 38, 408, 430; Ben. 64; Mat. 183.
stibet-prnum,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: 尾
Modern (Beijing) reading: wěi
Preclassic Old Chinese: mǝjʔ
Classic Old Chinese: mǝ́j
Western Han Chinese: mǝ́j
Eastern Han Chinese: mwǝ́j
Early Postclassic Chinese: mwɨ́j
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mwɨ́j
Late Postclassic Chinese: mwɨ́j
Middle Chinese: mwɨ́j
English meaning : tail
Russian meaning[s]: 1) хвост; 2) конец; конечный остаток; дробь; 3) сзади, вслед; по пятам; 4) счетный суффикс рыб; 5) Вэй (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 微也.從到毛在尸後.古人或飾系尾.西南夷皆然.凡尾之屬皆從尾. [402]
Comments: For OC *m- cf. Min forms: Xiamen be3, Chaozhou bue3, Fuzhou muoi3, Jianou müɛ3.
Radical: 44
Four-angle index: 7222
Karlgren code: 0583 a-b
Jianchuan Bai: ŋü1-
Dali Bai: mi3-
Bijiang Bai: mer1-
Shijing occurrences: 10.3_, 37.4
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 377
Character: 尾
MC description : 止合三上尾微
ZIHUI: 1442 1253
Beijing: uei 2
Jinan: uei 2
Xi'an: vei 2
Taiyuan: vei 2
Hankou: uei 2
Chengdu: uei 2
Yangzhou: uǝi 2
Suzhou: vi 32 (lit.); ńi 32
Wenzhou: mei 22
Changsha: uei 2
Shuangfeng: ui 2
Nanchang: ui 2
Meixian: mi 11
Guangzhou: mei 22
Xiamen: bi 2 (lit.); be 2
Chaozhou: bue 21
Fuzhou: muei 2
Shanghai: vi 32 (lit.); mi 32
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *mé
Meaning: tail (in unclear compounds: *mé-lu(C), *mé-rV)
Sunwar: 'mīlu
Tulung: 'mer
Kaling: mer (CSDP 'mer)
Comments: Toba 97 *mer. LNE does not list the word 'tail', but it has me-kem-pu 'a bird having long tail', where kem - long, pu - bird
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: mi
Grammar: n.
Meaning: tail.
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: miri
Grammar: n.
Meaning: tail.
dumet-prnum,dumet-pspeech,dumet-meaning,
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: meri
Grammar: n.
Meaning: tail
Nepali: pucchar.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: mira
Grammar: n.
Meaning: tail.
Nepali: pucchar
yamet-prnum,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : MVHV
Meaning : tail
Notes : So far known only in SC.
globet-meaning,globet-scc,globet-notes,
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