Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thē(-k)
Meaning: small, little
Kachin: nteʔ3 so little, this small (cf. also tek2 be small, minute, ǝtek2 a dwarf, (H) tak be small).
Lushai: tē (tēt) be small, little, KC *tē.
Lepcha: tjă, tjă-lă tjă-lă or tă-tjă-lă appearing small as from a distance, also small, not full grown; tjăk, a-tjăk small, minute, little
Comments: Midzhu ka-tiy, Meyöl ka-ti small. Sh. 180. The Jnp. forms can also belong to *l[ia]k q. v.
