Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ghiw

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: smoke; smell

Chinese: 臭 *khiws smell, fragrance, stench.

Tibetan: dku sweet scent; unpleasant scent.

Burmese: khǝwh smoke, LB *khǝwx.

Kachin: wan¹-khut² smoke, khu³ be smoky.

Lushai: khu (khūk) to smoke, mei-khu smoke, KC *khu (*-khut).

Lepcha: kŭn clouds of smoke; intense black

Kiranti: *ʔkù-n

Comments: PG *mi-ku; Kham kwī; Chepang kuʔ; Newari kuN; Pwo khu; Sgaw khü; BG: Garo wal-ku, Dimasa khu-di; Namsangia van-khu; Nung mǝö; Bunan, Thebor khu; Vayu ku-lu, Bahing ku-ni, Limbu me-ku; Digaro khau ~ khu; Miri mikui. Sh. 44, 427; Ben. 61, 134; Mat. 191, 195.