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liang2
a word from vocabulary
Mandarin Chinese
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Thekla Wiebusch
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Word form
liang2
Original script
量
LWT meaning(s)
to measure
Word meaning
to measure, to weigh;
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Warring States period [22] (-475–-221)
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Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
Comments
Schuessler 2007: Sino-Tibetan etymology: Written Tibetan graŋ ,number’, ,graŋ-ba ,to number, to count’, Written Burmese khraŋ ,measure with measure of capacity’ derived Chinese word liang4 ,a measure’ Lunyu
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