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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̆ŋ (?)
Meaning: rise, ascend
Chinese: 乘 *lǝŋ to mount, ascend.
Tibetan: laŋ (p. laŋs, i. loŋ) to rise, get up; sloŋ, slaŋ (p. (b)slaŋs, f. (b)slaŋ, i. sloŋ(s)) to cause to rise.
Kachin: luŋ2 ascend.
Lepcha: tă-ljaŋ "the high place", the sky,the firmament, the heavens; atmosphere
Kiranti: *liŋ to climb
Comments: A contamination with *ƛā̆ŋ is possible; cf. also *liŋ 'chariot' - a source of possible contamination in Chinese.
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