Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *g(h)V̆p
Meaning: seize with claws
Burmese: khup to seize with claws.
Lushai: khap to strike with the fingers.
Lepcha: kjŭp to seize hold of, as child mother, to clasp (as kite a fowl), to embrace, to hoop, to fix, to clasp around, to encircle
Comments: Cf. Austric: PAA *ko:p / *kɔ:p 'catch', PAN *aŋkup, *ra(ŋ)kup 'scoop, handful'.
