Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sɨā
Meaning: live, breathe
Tibetan: ãcho (p., i. sos) to live, gson to live, be alive; gso nourish; bring up, rear
Lushai: tho (thōk) to breathe, respire.
Comments: PG *so(n) to live; Yamphu sa:-ma to breathe. STEDT 144-145 (*g-sow 'rear (child)', 'bear (child)') includes Tib. gso-ba, as well as Ao Naga so 'give birth', Lolo-Burmese [*šu], as well as forms from Damu, Milang, Sangtam, Yimchungrü, Muya and Trung; note that there may be some interaction with *śū 'grandchild' q.v.
