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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kŏŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: top, above
Chinese: 邛 *g_oŋ mound.
Tibetan: goŋ the above.
Burmese: khauŋ the topmost place, khauŋh head.
Kachin: koŋ2 an elevation, a hill.
Lepcha: koŋ highest or preeminent
Kiranti: *[gh]ǝ̀ŋ
Comments: Tib. goŋ-ma superior is compared by Gong 47 with OCh. 皇 *wāŋ sovereign, magnificent (but cf. also 窮 *guŋ). Cf. Konyak *khu(ŋ) 'head'.
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