Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wā

Meaning: chew, bite

Chinese: 哺 *bās to chew; to suck (breast).

Burmese: wah to chew.

Kachin: gǝwa³ to bite.

Comments: BG: Dimasa wai, Bodo wat ~ ot. Ben. 101; Mat. 193; Luce 8. Cf. Sherpa phe.LR- 'bite', perhaps also Qiang χbe.33 id., Karen *ʔɔ.1L 'drink', Kham o.1 id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wā

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cane, bamboo

Chinese: 蒲 *bhā rush, reed; willow.

Tibetan: spa, sba cane.

Burmese: wah bamboo, LB *wax.

Kachin: kǝwa³ bamboo.

Lushai: rua (ro) a bamboo, KC *k-wa(?).

Kiranti: *[ʔp]a

Comments: BG: Garo waʔa, Dimasa wa; Moshang wa; Namsangia va; ? PG *mà cane (like bamboo). Sh. 431; Ben. 24; Mat. 193; Luce 8; Coblin 38-39 (compares OCh. 笆 *prā, *phrās a k. of prickly bamboo).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāŋ (~Qʷ-)

Meaning: cave, hole

Kachin: lǝwaŋ¹ a cave, a vault.

Lushai: KC > Tiddim wāŋ hole.

Comments: [Most probably same root as *qhōŋ.]

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāŋ (/*wāk)

Meaning: kinship term

Chinese: 伯 *prāk eldest brother, eldest (?)

Tibetan: a-baŋ the husband of father's or the mother's sister.

Burmese: LB: Lashi vaŋ-mo father's older sister's husband,husband's father, Lisu a-wɔ father's brother.

Kiranti: *phǝ̀ŋ(V)

Comments: BG: Garo a-waŋ father's younger brother, Bod poŋ younger brother; Nung a-waŋ father's brother; Chepang paŋ; Limbu phaŋ-ā; Vayu poŋ-poŋ; Kham bǝyN-ni younger sister. Ben. 23.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāp

Meaning: fall

Chinese: 沛 *pāts ( < *pāps) fall down, collapse.

Tibetan: phab to fall down, ãbab (p. bab(s), i. ãbob, bobs) to descend, fall down, ãbebs (p. phab, f. dbab, i. phob) throw down, cast down.

Burmese: wap to fall face on the ground.

Comments: Bod. 49; Coblin 76.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wār

Meaning: white

Chinese: 皤 *bār, *pār white.

Lushai: vār be white; be light (not dark).

Lepcha: ŭr yellow

Comments: Cf. Burm. phwijh be very white, snow-white, Bodo búr become white. Karen *bwV white.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: flower

Burmese: wat, LB *wat.

Comments: Rawang -wăt; Gurung tapat. Sh. 403; Ben. 24. Cf. OCh. 茇 *pāt roots of grass, 胈 *pāt small hairs on body; Tani *wit 'feather, hair'.

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