Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *g(h)rua (-t)
Meaning: wash
Tibetan: ãkhru, ãkhrud to wash, to bathe, khrus bath, washing.
Burmese: khjǝwh (OB khuiw) to wash, bathe; Jinuo khry.44 swim
Kachin: khrut2 to bathe, wash.
Lushai: ṭhuaʔ to wash or rinse (as inside of bottle).
Comments: PG *khrù; Dimasa di-gru. Sh. 47; Ben. 38. OCh. *r- is not quite clear here: perhaps the word should be rather compared with Jnp. ru1 to pour, to fall in torrents, as rain (which does not fit very well into the reflexes of PST *qhʷăH rain q. v.). Cf. Austric: PAA *ra:w 'wash', PAN *bulu 'wash hands'.
