Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *krV̄p

Meaning: assemble, act in unison

Chinese: 洽 *grǝ̄p accord with, concordant; unite, assemble; accomplish.

Tibetan: grub all; made ready, complete; perfect; ãgrub (p. grub) be made ready, be finished; sgrub (p. bsgrubs, f. bsgrub, i. sgrub(s)) to complete, finish.

Kachin: (H) khrip to act in unison, ǝkhrip in unison.

Lepcha: krap to be adhesive, to stick together, to be sticky; krup completely, altogether

Comments: Cf. Dimasa kurup 'all' ( < Tib.?). Possibly derived from *kV̄p q.v.

Chinese characters :

Character: 洽

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiá

Preclassic Old Chinese: grǝ̄p

Classic Old Chinese: grǝ̄p

Western Han Chinese: grǝ̄p

Eastern Han Chinese: grǝ̄p

Early Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̣̄p

Middle Postclassic Chinese: giǝ̣̄p

Late Postclassic Chinese: giǝ̣̄p

Middle Chinese: ɣạ̈p

English meaning : accord with, cocordant; unite, assemble; accomplish

Russian meaning[s]: 1) соответствовать, гармонировать с...; согласовываться; как раз, в точности; 2) дружеский, мирный; 3) разливаться; проникать, просачиваться

Comments: Mod. qià is quite irregular. The word is probably connected with 合 *gǝ̄p 'unite' q.v.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 1182

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