Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛăj
Meaning: earth, ground
Tibetan: gźi-ma ground, floor.
Burmese: mrij earth, ground, (?) laj-kwaŋh rice field; LB *mlij.
Lushai: lei earth, ground, the world, KC *ŋ-lei.
Comments: Mikir mili ~ meli sand bank; Trung mǝ3-li2 earth; Manyak mǝli~mli; Midzhu nai. Sh. 24, 184; Ben. 44. For the Chinese form an alternative comparison with Tib. lder clay also can not be excluded (although it is less probable).
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