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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ć]ōŋ
Meaning: shrivel, contract
Tibetan: ćhuŋ small
Burmese: LB *CVŋ short
Kachin: (H) čoŋ be puckered or funnel-like.
Lushai: sōŋ (sōn) to shrivel, shrivel up, to contract.
Kiranti: Kaling mɔ-soŋpɛ short
Comments: Cf. also Naga *sVŋ small, Tujia coŋ, Bodo *suʔŋ, Nusu ʒ́oŋ, Sichuan *CVN, Jiarong kǝ-kčǝn short, Aka *saŋ thin.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *sVŋ (?)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: short
Kaling: mɔ-soŋ-pɛ
Comments: The Kaling form could be treated as a compound "not-long" (but one would rather expect *mu-soŋ- in that case).
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