Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liǝ̆ŋ
Meaning: neck
Tibetan: ãʒ́iŋ, mʒ́iŋ neck.
Burmese: lań neck, LB *liŋ.
Lepcha: liŋ, a-liŋ, tŭk-liŋ, tŭŋ-liŋ neck, cervical vertebra
Comments: Nung liŋ; Abor a-liŋ; Miri ɔlüŋ. Sh. 195; Ben. 33. Possibly Austric: cf. PAA *lɔŋ, PMY *kla:ŋ.A 'neck, throat'.