Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t]V̆p
Meaning: seize, grasp
Tibetan: thob get, obtain, sum, result, ãthebs (p. thebs) to take, seize, hold fast.
Kachin: mǝtep3 to bundle, pinch, (H) tep id.
Lepcha: tjăp 1 to knot 2 to be overwhelming in power, to be extreme in anything