Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńăp
Meaning: pinch, squeeze
Tibetan: rńab-rńab to seize or snatch together.
Burmese: ńap be pinched, squeezed, hńap to pinch, squeeze
Kachin: ńap2 squeeze, extort.
Comments: Ben. 47; Mat. 200. Cf. *ńēp. Cf. PAN *qeNeb 'close, shut (door)'. stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,