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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʁʷa
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: yellow
Abkhaz: a-ʕʷa-́ž́
Abaza: ʕʷa-ž́
Adyghe: ʁʷa-ž́ǝ
Kabardian: ʁʷa-ź
Ubykh: ʁʷa
Comments: PAT *ʕʷa-ž́ǝ. Shagirov 1, 133 considers it as borrowed from AK; we would rather follow Dumézil 1932, 124 and regard it as a genuine cognate - but possibly influenced by PAK *ʁʷa-ž́ǝ́. In PAK there exists an independent form *ʁʷa (Ad., Kab. ʁʷa 'yellow, reddish').
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *=ĕq_wĂ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: yellow
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *q:oʔi-
Proto-Lak: qaqi-
Proto-Dargwa: *=uqu-
Proto-Lezghian: *qäqV-
Proto-West Caucasian: *ʁʷa
Notes: Appears in reduplicated form in PL and Lak.; the PA form is a reduction < *ʔVq:ʷo-ji- (with a semantic development 'yellow' > 'white, light, blueish'). The Darg. forms point to original class prefixation. See Абдоков 1983, 148.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *q:oʔi-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 white 2 blue
Avar: q:áħa-b 1
Chadakolob: qáħa-b 1
Andian language: q:ʷoj 2
Akhvakh: q:a-šura-ƛ:i
Chamalal: q:aj-ƛ:
Tindi: qā-ƛ:a
Karata: q:aji-ƛ:
Botlikh: q:aj-ƛ:i
Bagvalal: q:e-ƛ:
Godoberi: q:aj-ƛ:a
Comments: Cf. also Av. lit., Chad. q:aħí-la-b 'blue'. For the Akhv. form cf. Botl. q:aj-šur 'blue, blueing (n.)'. Tind. or Cham. > Inkh. qajƛe 'blue, green'.
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: qaqi-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: yellow
Lak form: qaqi-s:a
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *=uqu-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: yellow
Akusha: b-uqu-ṭa
Chiragh: b-uqu-ze
Comments: Cf. also Kait., Tsud. b-uqu-ṭa, Ur. b-uqu-c̣a, Kub. b-uqu-zi-b etc.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *qäqV-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: yellow
Agul: qIuqIef
Archi: χaχat:ut
Comment: Pharyngealization in Ag. is secondary - in front of an original front vowel, cf. dialectal forms: Bursh. qeqe-r, Burk. qeqe-f. Also regular is the shift *-ä- > -e- > -u- in a preaccented syllable after the uvular consonant.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=ĕ́qwĂ
Meaning: yellow
North Caucasian: *=ĕq_wĂ
Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷā (-ŋ)
Comments and references : HGC 23.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷā (-ŋ)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: yellow
Chinese: *ghʷāŋ (~ *whāŋ?) yellow.
Tibetan: ? s-kja 'whitish, pale'
Burmese: wa, waŋh be yellow.
Lushai: yellow.
Kiranti: *wǝ̀
Comments: Luce 8, 78.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: huáng
Preclassic Old Chinese: ghʷāŋ
Classic Old Chinese: ghwāŋ
Western Han Chinese: wāŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: wāŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: wāŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: wāŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: wāŋ
Middle Chinese: ɣwâŋ
English meaning : be yellow, brown
Russian meaning[s]: 1) желтый; желтеть; желтизна; 2) золотой, золотисто-желтый; перен. императорский, дворцовый; 3) желторотый; молокосос; дитя; 4) изжелта-седой; старик; 5) сокр. р. Хуанхэ; 6) астр. сокр. эклиптика; 7) хим. сокр. сера; 8) миф. сокр. Хуанди; 9) разг. не выйти, не получиться; 10) Хуан (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 地之色也.從田.#聲.#,古文光.凡黃之屬皆從黃.
Comments: For *gh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen, Chaozhou ŋ2, Fuzhou uoŋ2, Jianou uaŋ2 (pointing to CC *ɣwāŋ).

    A colloquial loan from the same source is Viet. vàng 'yellow; gold'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 201
Four-angle index: 8143
Karlgren code: 0707 a-b
Vietnamese reading: hoàng
Jianchuan Bai: ŋü7
Dali Bai: ŋü7
Bijiang Bai: ŋo7
Shijing occurrences: 2.1, 3.3_, 27.1, 27.2, 32.4, 58.4
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1573
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 宕合一平唐匣
ZIHUI: 7806 2392
Beijing: xuaŋ 12
Jinan: xuaŋ 12
Xi'an: xuaŋ 12
Taiyuan: xua_̃ 1
Hankou: xuaŋ 12
Chengdu: xuaŋ 12
Yangzhou: xuâŋ 12
Suzhou: ɦua_ŋ 12
Wenzhou: ɦuɔ 12
Changsha: fan 12
Shuangfeng: ɣaŋ 12
Nanchang: фuɔŋ 31
Meixian: vɔŋ 12
Guangzhou: uɔŋ 12
Xiamen: hɔŋ 12
Chaozhou: ŋ 12
Fuzhou: uɔŋ 12
Shanghai: ua_̃ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: xuaŋ 12
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *wǝ̀
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: yellow
Sunwar: haw (< *waw)
Tulung: om'om
Kaling: ööm
Limbu: ɔm-daŋba
Comments: Toba 99 *om.
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: ɔmdaNba
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: adj.
Meaning: yellow, the pure yellow of yellow daffodils
Derivation: [< -taNba 2.1.2]
Comments: cf. kuhikla, sahiʔl.
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