Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ṭʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 sit 2 sit down

Abkhaz: a-ṭʷa-rá 1

Abaza: č̣ʷa-ra 1

Adyghe: ṭǝ-sǝ-n 2

Kabardian: ṭǝ-sǝ-n 2

Ubykh: ṭʷa-s- 2

Comments: PAT *ṭʷa-; PAK *ṭǝ-sǝ-; Ub. 1 p. sǝ-ṭʷá-sǝ-n. In AK and Ub. - a compound with the second component *sǝ q.v. (in Ub. cf. also the plural form ṭʷa-žʷa- with another second component).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: WC *ṭʷV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to sit

Proto-West Caucasian: *ṭʷV

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=VṭwV(ŋ)

Meaning: to sit

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: WC *ṭʷV

Sino-Tibetan: *tūŋ / *tūk

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tūŋ / *tūk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sit, stay

Chinese: 逗 *d_ō(k)s to stop, dwell, stay; 住 *tro(k)s / *dro(k)s to stay, dwell, reside (Han).

Tibetan: ãdug to sit, to exist, to be.

Burmese: thǝuŋ to sit.

Kachin: duŋ¹ to sit.

Comments: Namsangia toŋ. Simon 11; Ben. 78; Mat. 165; Coblin 141; Gong 44.

Chinese characters :

Character: 逗

Modern (Beijing) reading: dòu

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)ōs

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)ōh

Western Han Chinese: d(h)wāh

Eastern Han Chinese: d(h)wāh

Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ṑw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ǝ̄̀w

Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ǝ̄̀w

Middle Chinese: dʌ̀w

English meaning : to stop, linger [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) останавливаться; задерживаться; откладывать; медлить, оставаться; ждать; 2) идти окольным путем; увиливать, избегать; 3) завлекать, соблазнять; возбуждать; 4) фраза, вм. 讀

Comments: A probable loan from the same source is Viet. d_ỗ 'to stop; to perch, alight'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 162

Four-angle index: 6454

Vietnamese reading: d_ậu

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : TVNV

Meaning : to sit

Afroasiatic : *tinuQ- (?) (= *tinuʔh-; cf. also *yVṭin-)

Sino-Caucasian : *=VṭwV(ŋ)

Austric : PAN *tu(n)daŋ, PAA *tVn 'sit'

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *tinuq- (?)

Meaning: stay, dwell

Semitic: *tnḫ- 'stay, dwell, sit' (<*nwḫ) ~ tnʔ id.

Western Chadic: *ting^w- 'sit' 1 , 'stay, dwell' 2

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *tinkw- 'dwell'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1116

Proto-Semitic: *tVnuḫ/ʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'stay, dwell, sit'

Arabic: tnḫ [-u-], tnʔ 's'arrêter et séjourner dans un endroit' BK 1 208

Gafat: täwannä 'sit'

Gurage: tonna: Sod tonnam, Cha čonam, etc. 'sit' LGur 599

Notes: Kogan Add. to HSED 2402: more Sem.? <*nwḫ?

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *tingʷ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sit' 1, 'stay, dwell' 2

Sura: tɔ̀ŋ 2 [JgS]

Angas: tong 1,2 [Fl]

Montol: tong 1 [Fp]

Ankwe=Goemai: tong 1 [Fp]

Gerke=Yiwom: tung 1 [Fp]

Karekare: tiŋg- 1 [LkK]

Kifri=Giwo: tìngú or ting- 1[ShB]

Galambu: tungw- 1

Geruma: tùŋàá [ShV]

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *tinkw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'dwell'

Qwara: tänkw

Dembea: tenku

Qemant: tänkǝ

Austric etymology :

Proto-Austric: *dVʔŋ

Meaning: sit

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Proto-Austroasiatic: tVn

Austroasiatic meaning: sit

Proto-Austronesian: *tu(n)daŋ

Austronesian meaning: sit

Austro-Asiatic etymology :

Proto-Austro-Asiatic: tVn

Meaning: sit

Austric etymology: Austric etymology

Proto-Bahnaric: KAD tiǝn

Proto-Khmu: *den

Bahnar etymology :

Proto-Bahnaric:

Meaning: sit

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Proto-North Bahnaric: KAD tiǝn

Khmer etymology :

Khmer: cuǝp

Meaning: come together

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

References: JP62

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