Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāɫ

Meaning: barrier, obstacle

Chinese: 干 *kān shield, 捍 *gāns to ward off, protect.

Tibetan: ãgal be in opposition, contradiction to.

Burmese: ka shield of any kind.

Kachin: (Mat.) mǝga¹ ?, (H) n-ga, n-gaŋ a shield.

Lushai: kalʔ to withstand, oppose, be against.

Lepcha: kál to make a defense or support as against heat of fire

Comments: Mat. 164; Coblin 157. Cf. also *kāɫ pole, club.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāɫ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: liver, kidney

Chinese: 肝 *kān liver.

Tibetan: mkhal kidney, reins.

Burmese: khah the loins, waist, small of the back.

Kachin: kan¹ the stomach, belly.

Lushai: kal kidney, KC *m-kal.

Comments: Meithei nam-gal ~ nam-gan, Kham kàl kidney; Chepang kal. Sh. 47; Ben. 18. Some forms reflect *kjVɫ - apparently a merger with *gjV̆nH 'kidney' q.v.: cf. Taraon kɨ.3 jɨŋ.1, Tani *ki, Rengma agen, Tiddim gil 'belly', Magar mi-gin 'heart'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāɫ ( ~ g-, G-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pole, club

Chinese: 干, 竿 *kān pole.

Tibetan: mgal, ãgal a billet of wood.

Kachin: khon² a club, cudgel.

Comments: It is possible that *kāɫ 'pole, club', *kān (~-ɫ) 'knock' and *kāɫ 'barrier, shield' actually represent one and the same original root ('wooden block, cudgel or shield'). Cf. also designations for 'penis' in Kham (or-kal) and Garo gol-teŋ, see STEDT 328-329 *ga[l/r] 'penis'. Cf. *kār.

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