Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lĭw(H) (s-)
Meaning: wash
Burmese: hljaw to wash clothes or the hair.
Lushai: tleu to swill (with water).
Comments: ? Cf. also OCh. 浴 *lok bathe, wash. The Lush. form is not quite regular: *thleu would be expected; but cf. also hleuʔ, KC *hleuʔ 'swim'; Angami Naga rǝlu 'bathe', Garo ru, Dimasa lu 'pour', Mikir iŋlu 'bathe', Pwo, Sgaw lu 'pour', Burm. hlau *'boat, to row' (hlij-hlau 'to row', hlau-kah 'long boat', hlau-tak 'oar', hlau-lauŋ 'canoe'.
