Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lɨ̆ŋ
Meaning: wave
Tibetan: kloŋ wave, expanse (of water, space).
Burmese: hlǝuŋh wave.
Kachin: khaʔ2-leŋ2 a wave, a billow, (H) leŋ id.
Comments: Cf. also LB *laŋ river, water, valley (also meaning 'saliva, liquid' and attributed in STEDT 379 to a different root *laŋ: cf. Padam-Mising a-laŋ 'bile', Mikir a-laŋ 'bile, semen, milk' (in various compounds) etc. Cf. PAN *qalun 'wave, billow'.