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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōŋH / *tōnH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: short
Chinese: *tōnʔ short (cf. also 種 *toŋʔ short (e. g. hair)).
Tibetan: thuŋ short, rtuŋ (p. brtuŋs, f. brtuŋ, stuŋ) make shorter, stuŋ (p. bstuŋs, f. bstuŋ, i. stuŋs) id.
Burmese: tauŋh be short as garment.
Kachin: gǝdun2 be short.
Lepcha: tan to be short, small; ten to be short; short; to shorten
Kiranti: *Tɔŋ
Comments: Simon 26. Cf. Limbu tɔ:ŋmaʔ 'be short'.
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