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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Gʷăŋ
Meaning: circle
Burmese: waŋh fence, forming enclosure; waŋʔ swing around; spin; (?) kwaŋh circle.
Kachin: waŋ3 circle.
Lushai: huaŋ surround; yard, enclosure.
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'.
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *waŋ
Meaning: round, circle
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: wäŋma
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.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *TV[K]V ?
Meaning: tiger, leopard
Comments and references : LDC 21.
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *tah
Meaning: leopard
Yasin: ta, tah
Hunza: ta
Nagar: ta
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