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shú
  1. 1.broomcorn millet (Panicum spp.)
  2. 2.Panicum italicum
  3. 3.glutinous millet

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  1. 1.glutinous grain
  2. 2.sorghum
  3. 3.glutinous millet
  4. 4.glutinous rice

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɦljud): semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 朮 (OC *l'ud, *ɦljud, “glutinous millet”). Originally written 朮 (not to be confused with 术). Area word (Schuessler, 2007); compare: * Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblut (“glutinous; sticky”) (Sagart, 1999; Schuessler, 2007; Ratliff, 2010; Baxter and Sagart, 2014); * Proto-Austronesian *-lit (“caulk; adhesive material”) > Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulit (“glue; paste; stick; caulk”) (Ratliff, 2010); * Proto-Austronesian *puluC (“Caesar weed, a mucilaginous plant”), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulut (“birdlime, sticky sap of breadfruit, etc.”) (Sagart, 1993; Ratliff, 2018); * Proto-Lolo-Burmese *C-lu-k (“millet”) (STEDT). Sagart and Baxter (2010) posit that the *m- in their Old Chinese reconstruction, based on the Hmong-Mien evidence, may be a reduced form of 米 (OC *(C.)mˤ[e]jʔ, “millet or rice grains, dehusked and polished”).

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