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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chɨāj
Meaning: touch, graze
Chinese: *chāj to rub, 磋 *chāj to file, polish.
Tibetan: rce to touch.
Burmese: swajh to whet, rub one substance on another in order to sharpen, polish.
Kachin: (H) soi, gǝsoi to graze, almost hit.
Lushai: thoi slightly graze, go or pass close to (cf. also sui (suiʔ) to scrape or trim (with a blade); čhai to caress or fondle).
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,

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