Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hɨ̄(k)

Meaning: build, erect

Chinese: 栽 *ʒ́_ǝ̄(k)s to board, erect building frames (cf. also 栽 *ʒ́_ǝ̄ to plant).

Burmese: ćhauk to build, erect, as a house, LB *chuk(x).

Lushai: fuk to erect, be erect.

Lepcha: čók a grave build in a circular form and the body placed in an erect position by the lŭk-sóm lŭŋ-duŋ mu L. tribes and in a reclining position by the mŭŋ-mu

Kiranti: *cok to make, build

Comments: Sh. 54; Mat. 200; Luce 81. The root is different from *cuk 'stick into, plant' (q. v.), although they tend to merge (which explains *ch- instead of *ćh- in PLB). Cf. PAN *ta(n)zeg, *tezek, -zeg 'stand, erect'.