Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jŭ (/-n)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of small animal (hare, rabbit, rat)

Chinese: 鼬 *lus (~Ł-) weasel (?).

Tibetan: jos hare (but only as an astronomical term).

Burmese: jun hare.

Kachin: ju³ a rat, mouse.

Lushai: sa-zu a rat, KC *b-ju.

Kiranti: *jí-cu ( < *jú-cǝ)

Comments: Chepang rok-ju rat; Mikir phi-dźu; Namsangia dźu-pu; Kanauri pyu rat; Bahing yö; Rgyar. pu-yu rat. Sh. 42, 134, 430; Ben. 32. The OCh. form (especially if it has *Ł-, suggested by xie-sheng) should perhaps be rather compared with Jnp. sǝlo³ flying squirrel, yielding a reconstruction *ƛǝ̆w.