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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: "*K{w|}{a:}n" | Query method: Match substring
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷān
Meaning: wear, put on
Chinese: 冠 *kʷān cap, *kʷāns put on a cap.
Tibetan: gon to put on (clothes); coat, clothing; gjon to put on; to wear; skon-pa to dress.
Kachin: khon2 wear (as bracelets).
Lushai: KC: Mikir kan clothes.
Lepcha: kán (infantile l.) to dress
Kiranti: *go(n)
Comments: Garo gan wear, dress; Gurung kõ-; Murmi kwan. Sh. 125, 133; Ben 44.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷān
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: dwelling
Chinese: 官 *kʷān official's residence, office.
Burmese: kwanh temporary building for royal abode, temple.
Kachin: kun2 the side of a Kachin house, assigned for family compartments.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kʷān ( ~ Qʷ-)
Meaning: wide, width
Chinese: 寬 *khʷān vast, wide.
Tibetan: khjon size, extension, width.
Comments: Cf. *qʷāŋH.
stibet-chin,stibet-chin,
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