Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛǝ̄

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: soot, ashes

Chinese: 炱 *Ł_ǝ̄ soot.

Tibetan: Jirel tha-la, Cuona-Menba pla

Burmese: pra ashes.

Kachin: (?) nraʔ² charcoal.

Kiranti: *ʔpúlu

Comments: PG *Pra ashes, Mikir phelo; BG: Garo tapra, Dimasa thāpla; Moshang tap-tha, Namsangia tapla. Sh. 428, 444; Ben. 40. The Kiranti form shows that the initial labial present in some forms here is not a prefix but rather a trace of a compound *[ph]ǝw-ƛǝ̄, see *[ph]ǝw. Cf. also PAA *bǝlɔ 'ashes'.