Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Gʷăŋ
Meaning: circle
Burmese: waŋh fence, forming enclosure; waŋʔ swing around; spin; (?) kwaŋh circle.
Kachin: waŋ3 circle.
Lushai: huaŋ surround; yard, enclosure.
Comments: Yamphu waŋla 'loop of a rope', wäŋma 'to go in a circle', wäŋliŋ 'round, spherical'; Rawang waŋ; Taungthu kwaŋ, Pwo khwã, Sgaw, Palaychi kwɔ circle, ring, Sgaw wɔ surround, kewɔ circle, Pwo wã encompass. Ben. 50, 132. (?) Cf. Austric: PAA *kɔ:ŋ 'ring', PAN *leken 'coil'.
