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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ra
Meaning: goat
Tibetan: ra-ma goat, she-goat.
Lepcha: să-ro
Kiranti: *gró(k)
Comments: PG *ra; Kham rǟL. Sh. 123; Bod. 153.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ra
Meaning: a k. of monkey
Tibetan: spra monkey.
Kachin: (H) šǝra a variety of gibbon.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rā (k-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a kind of rush or shrub
Chinese: 葭 *krā rush, sedge, 芐 *grās rush; 蕗 *rās a k. of bamboo.
Tibetan: gra-ma a tree or shrub, probably the Tibetan furze, Caragana versicolor.
Burmese: kra bamboo (Luce).
Kachin: lǝkhra3 a variety of bamboo, (H) u-ra the elephant bamboo.
Comments: Cf. *ra (?).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *raH
Meaning: get, obtain
Burmese: raʔ, LB *[r]aʔ get, obtain.
Comments: Garo raʔ- (cf. also Rabha rá-khu-a, Dimasa ri 'give').
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a k. of bone
Chinese: 呂 *rhaʔ spine.
Tibetan: gra-ma bones or skeleton of a fish
Kachin: nra1 a bone.
Comments: Coblin 138.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răH
Meaning: class, order
Chinese: 旅 *raʔ arrange in a series; one after another.
Tibetan: gras class, order, rank. dignity, tribe.
Kachin: ra2 be continuous.
Comments: Bod. 132.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răH (s-)
Meaning: place
Chinese: 所 *sraʔ place, position, situation.
Burmese: ǝra place, thing, wherever, whatever (Luce).
Kachin: šǝra2 place.
Comments: Luce 6; Ben. 171.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: enemy, captive, war
Chinese: 虜 *r_āʔ captive.
Tibetan: dgra enemy, foe, ãgras to hate, ãgran to fight; to vie with, contend with.
Comments: Coblin 72.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāH (/ *rāk, *rāŋ)
Meaning: rough, coarse
Chinese: 鹵 *rhāʔ rustic, coarse; salty (e.g. land).
Tibetan: rags coarse, thick, gross, raŋs rough, rude, unpolished.
Burmese: hraʔ feel the harshness of surface, feel an unpleasant taste.
Kachin: gra2, mǝgra2 be sharp to the touch.
Comments: Coblin 55-56. In Burm. the root has coincided with hraʔ 'to wound by a slight cut, accidentally', see *[ʔʷ]răH. Sag. 10 compares Chin. with PAN *qasiRa 'salt' (?).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: borrow, pledge
Chinese: 假 *krāʔ to borrow.
Kachin: (H) niŋra a pledge.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răj
Meaning: change, coin (?)
Tibetan: dra a small copper coin.
Burmese: prah a small coin.
Kachin: ? ajoi a small coin, change.
Lushai: ṭai to change (money), to convert into small change.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *raj (~-ǝj)
Meaning: wait, linger
Burmese: kra to delay.
Kachin: rai2, gǝrai2 to stop, wait, yet.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răj
Meaning: a k. of demon
Chinese: 魑 *srhaj a k. of demon.
Tibetan: gre a species of demons, ãdre goblin, devil, gnome.
Kachin: gǝrai2-wa1, gǝrai2-gǝsaŋ2 the Supreme God, supreme being.
Lushai: ṭai to exorcize by the use of incantation, KC *t?-rai.
Comments: Sh. 408; Peiros-Starostin 213. Cf. PAA *ra:j 'spirit, demon' (Peiros 1998, 227).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rak
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: lay, place
Tibetan: sprag, sbrag (p. sbrags) to lay, to put.
Kachin: mǝraʔ3 be or place upon, (H) ra be placed, laid.
Comments: Cf. *răH.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rak
Meaning: a k. of bird
Chinese: 鵅 *r_āk a k. of water-bird [since Han].
Burmese: krak chicken, fowl, LB *k-rak.
Lushai: va-rak duck.
Comments: Ben. 107.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ā]k
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cord, bind, weave
Chinese: 絡 *rhāk silk thread; cord.
Tibetan: grags, ãgrogs to bind, sgrog(s) cord, rope, fetters.
Burmese: rak to weave, whether cloth, a mat or a basket, LB *rakx.
Kachin: roʔ2 to untie, unbind.
Lushai: KC *Rak weave.
Comments: Rawang ra, Trung raʔ1. Sh. 402; Gong 77.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rā(k)
Meaning: a k. of plant
Chinese: 簬 *r_ā(k)s a k. of bamboo.
Kachin: (H) u-ra the elephant bamboo.
Lepcha: rok a broken, dry bamboo
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răl
Meaning: divide, be separated
Chinese: 離 *raj leave, depart from, *rajs be separated from.
Burmese: hrajh to make an opening through a crowd by dispersing and scattering on both sides; to part forever
Kachin: gǝran3 to divide, distribute, (H) mǝran, pǝran to separate, ran be apart, separated.
Lushai: relʔ to escape, steal with away (cf. also rāl from a distance, rol go into seclusion into jungle).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răl
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: fence, framework
Chinese: 籬 *raj hedge.
Tibetan: ra enclosure, fence, wall; yard; dra grate, lattice; net, net-work; fence, wooden rails.
Lushai: rel to put up the framework (of a house).
Lepcha: tă-rel the lower part of outside-wall of the house
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 欄 *rān railing; pen, 羅 *rāj bird-net. Peiros-Starostin 212, Coblin 78, Gong 62. [NC *ŁwĕɫV]
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāɫ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: war, enemy
Chinese: 姦 *krān be wicked.
Tibetan: ral-gri sword, sgral to cut into small pieces, viz. the picture of an enemy whom one wishes to destroy.
Burmese: ran enemy, hatred, danger.
Kachin: phjen1 war, a battle.
Lushai: rāl enemy, foe, KC *t?-r2āl.
Comments: Tiddim gāl; Moshang ral-ūŋ, Namsangia rān battle. Sh. 443; Ben 71.[PNC *Ł_ĕɫV].
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