Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ś(u)a
Meaning: deer
Tibetan: śa, śwa a hart, a stag.
Burmese: sah animal (in compounds).
Kachin: šan a deer.
Lushai: sa animal.
Comments: Newari sa; Midzhu śa mithan; Abor śo cow; Digaro śá (N); Chepang mo-śa. Sh. 188; Ben. 46. The root is hardly distinguishable from *śa meat, flesh; the Tib. form, however, suggests a possibility of original difference.
