Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *waŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: round, circle

Yamphu: waŋla 'loop of a rope', wäŋma 'to go in a circle', wäŋliŋ 'round, spherical'

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: wäŋma

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <wäks- ; wäŋ->

Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.

Meaning: a) to go in a circle, to do something in a circle, to go around; b) to cut around, to slice, to cut so as to peel, to cut carefully

Comments: cf. cemma.; PST *Gʷăŋ.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Gʷăŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: circle

Burmese: waŋh fence, forming enclosure; waŋʔ swing around; spin; (?) kwaŋh circle.

Kachin: waŋ³ circle.

Lushai: huaŋ surround; yard, enclosure.

Kiranti: *waŋ

Comments: Yamphu waŋla 'loop of a rope', wäŋma 'to go in a circle', wäŋliŋ 'round, spherical'; Rawang waŋ; Taungthu kwaŋ, Pwo khwã, Sgaw, Palaychi kwɔ circle, ring, Sgaw wɔ surround, kewɔ circle, Pwo wã encompass. Ben. 50, 132. (?) Cf. Austric: PAA *kɔ:ŋ 'ring', PAN *leken 'coil'.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *TV[K]V ?

Meaning: tiger, leopard

Sino-Tibetan: *Tak / *Taŋ

Burushaski: *tah

Comments and references : LDC 21.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *tah

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: leopard

Yasin: ta, tah

Hunza: ta

Nagar: ta

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