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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *k[uʔu]s ( ~ g-)
Meaning: idol, ghost
Ket: uĺguś5 "water spirit", qajguś5, ĺɨt-ɨś "wood spirit"; South. śɛnbereŋ5 ku:ś "a shaman's pendant looking like an iron doll"
Yug: ku:s, pl. kūsin1; ejskūs1 "icon"; urgus5 "water spirit"; xajgus5 "wood spirit"
Kottish: ul-iś, pl. uliśin "Wasserkobold"; *uliśe, uliśi
Pumpokol: lɨcɨ (Срсл.) "devil" ( = Ket. ĺɨtɨś < *ŕɨʔǯ-k[uʔu]s)
Comments: ССЕ 240. Werner 1, 458 <*kugǝs / *koʔǝs>: regards the word as "offensichtlich eine sehr alte Entlehnung in den Jenissej-Sprachen", but the source is not clear. Kott. koaš 'beautiful' has probably nothing to do with the above words, being an obvious late borrowing from Oyr. quas etc. (itself regarded as an Iranian loanword, see VEWT 295).
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-kot,yenet-pum,yenet-notes,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *kwɨ̄́jcV̆
Meaning: spirit, appearance, demon
Comments and references : HGC 34. [Cf. also PY *qosed-; *quč-; PL *qʷarc; ?PNC *q_ħwVrtV / *q_ħwVrdV] sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-buru,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *kwɨ̄jc_V
Meaning: form, appearance
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The word seems to be genuine at least in Ing., PL (where regular phonetic development took place) and Laki (the Lak. word has a tense -c:- which can not be explained if we assume a loan from Av., Darg. or Lezg. kuc). The Laki form (with regular weakening *kuc: > kuc) is the most probable source for Avar kuc 'measure, form; face' (whence Akhv. (cited from Khaidakov 1973) kuči 'face'), and for Darg. kuc 'appearance, form, build' (identical in all dialects: Ak., Ur., Muir., Sirg., Kub., Tsud. kuc).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-lak,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *kust ( ~ -ū-,-ṭ)
Meaning: bearing, appearance, figure
Ingush: kust
Comments: Both Ing. and Chech. have also the word kuc with similar meanings - obviously a loan from Av. kuc id.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: kuc
Meaning: form, appearance, trace, measure
Lak form: kuc
Comments: Gen. kuc:u-l.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *kuc(a)
Meaning: 1 appearance, build 2 habit
Lezghian: kuc 1
Tabasaran: kuc 1
Agul: kuc 1
Archi: kus 2
Comment: The Archi word demonstrates a regular development *c > s, and the PL reconstruction seems justified (although, of course, interlingual loans are possible).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kʷĭt
Meaning: a k. of demon
Burmese: kjat phantom, ghost, monster.
Kachin: (H) got be possessed and incited by nats.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 僪
Modern (Beijing) reading: jué
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ʷit
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)wit
Western Han Chinese: g(h)wjǝt
Eastern Han Chinese: g(h)jwǝt
Early Postclassic Chinese: g(h)jwit
Middle Postclassic Chinese: g(h)jwit
Late Postclassic Chinese: g(h)jwit
Middle Chinese: gjwit
English meaning : headless demon
Comments: See 僪 'vapours round the sun'.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *kūs
Meaning: wonder, sorcery
Hunza: kū́s
Nagar: kū́s
Comments: Sh. kū́s
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,buruet-notes,
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *hoć
Meaning: 1 noise, sound 2 fame, reputation 3 passion, longing, mania, strong inclination 4 search(ing)
Bizkaian: ots 1, 2
Gipuzkoan: ots 1, 2
High Navarrese: ots 1, 2
Low Navarrese: hots 1, 2
Lapurdian: hots 1, 2, 3
Baztanese: ots 4
Zuberoan: hots 1, 2
Roncalese: ots 1, 2, 4
Comments: Bsq-NC phonetic similarity is apparent, but semantic correlations are more difficult. S.A. Starostin reconstructed PSC *kwɨ̄́jcV̆ ‘spirit, appearance, demon’. Note especially the semantic similarity of Bsq (L) hots ‘strong inclination’ and Archi kus ‘habit’.
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-gip,basqet-anv,basqet-bnv,basqet-lab,basqet-bzt,basqet-zbr,basqet-rnc,basqet-comments,
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